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  • MAFFS operations suspended today

    The military C-130 aircraft activated to assist with the Rocky Mountain region's firefighting efforts will not operate today.The fleet will spend the day to get the MAFFS crews together to "reflect, reset and review," said Col. Jerry Champlin, 153rd Air Expeditionary Group commander. "We all need to

  • Crashed Fire Fighting C-130 is from Charlotte Air National Guard Unit

    The North Carolina Air National Guard - and indeed the National Guard across all of North Carolina and the country - is grieving today.The military C-130 equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, otherwise known as MAFFS, that crashed while battling a fire in Southwestern South Dakota

  • MAFFS-equipped C-130 crashes in South Dakota

    At approximately 6 P.M. MDT July 1, a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System equipped C-130 aircraft supporting firefighting missions crashed in the southwest corner of South Dakota. The aircraft was supporting the efforts against the White Draw Fire.The cause of the crash is not known and the

  • MAFFS crews train for mountain fire fighting scenarios

    When you add heat, high elevation and mountainous terrain, you have a combination that makes an already difficult mission that much tougher. The Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System trained C-130 Hercules pilots of the 731st Expeditionary Air Squadron have been dealing with these conditions since

  • AFNORTH activates 2 EPLOs to support Colo. wildfire fighting efforts

    Air Forces Northern National Security Emergency Preparedness Directorate activated two Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers (EPLOs) June 27 to assist in wildfire suppression efforts in Colorado and elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain and Southwest regions.At the request of the Federal Emergency

  • MAFFS crews eager to fight fire another day

    A heavy smell of smoke and a thick haze greeted members of the 731st Expeditionary Air Squadron as they arrived on the flightline during the early morning June 27 here to prepare the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s for another day of aerial fire-fighting. The day before saw

  • Wildland fire fight presents operational, personal challenges

    The flightline here roared to life June 26 as the engines of four C-130 Hercules cranked up to begin day two of Modular Airborne Fire Fighting missions in Colorado. The scene was reminiscent of a NASCAR pit with aircraft landing and refueling quickly before taking flight. Tuesday began the first

  • Wyoming Air Guard MAFFS activated to assist in Rocky Mountain area

    The Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing was activated to assist within the Rocky Mountain region to support wildland firefighting efforts, today.Two Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s and crews equipped with the U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System will arrive at

  • AFNORTH responds to Rocky Mountain, Southwest region wildfires

    Under the direction of the Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC) for Air Forces Northern (AFNORTH) here, four C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with fire fighting capabilities were activated to assist in wildfire suppression in the Rocky Mountain and Southwest regions.The U.S. Forest Service