MAFFS training

A C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System drops water over the Tahoe National Forest, California, April 26, 2018. The four military airlift wings tasked with supporting the Department of Defense MAFFS mission took part in annual recertification training sponsored by the Forest Service April 22 through 27. This year’s training wrapped up at McClellan Reload Base in Sacramento with all four wings successfully recertified and prepared for the upcoming fire season. The four airlift wings, three Air National Guard and one Air Force Reserve, making up the MAFFS Air Expeditionary Group are the 146th AW California ANG, 152nd AW Nevada ANG, 153rd AW Wyoming ANG and 302nd AW, Air Force Reserve, Peterson AFB, Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Frank Casciotta)

MAFFS training wraps up in California

Published April 30, 2018
By Staff Sgt. Frank Casciotta
302nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- A C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System drops water over the Tahoe National Forest, California, April 26, 2018. The four military airlift wings tasked with supporting the Department of Defense MAFFS mission took part in annual recertification training sponsored by the Forest Service April 22 through 27. This year’s training wrapped up at McClellan Reload Base in Sacramento with all four wings successfully recertified and prepared for the upcoming fire season. The four airlift wings, three Air National Guard and one Air Force Reserve, making up the MAFFS Air Expeditionary Group are the 146th AW California ANG, 152nd AW Nevada ANG, 153rd AW Wyoming ANG and 302nd AW, Air Force Reserve, Peterson AFB, Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Frank Casciotta)