ANG, Air Force Reserve support aerial firefighting response
Senior Airmen Dustin Johannsen and Barry Logan pull a retardant hose from a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 preparing to fly a fire retardant drop mission in support of Colorado wildland fire fighting efforts June 29 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. MAFFS-equipped aircraft are capable of holding 3,000 gallons of retardant and can disperse it in as little as five seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher)