Water drop
A C-130 Hercules cargo plane assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing, North
Carolina Air National Guard, drops 3,000 gallons of water using Modular
Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) during the MAFFS 2008 annual
certifying event. The annual training event includes all aircrew,
maintenance, support personnel directly supporting the MAFFS mission. There
are 4 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units involved with MAFFS:
145th Airlift Wing, (Charlotte), 146th Airlift Wing (Channel Islands), 153rd
Airlift Wing, (Wyoming) and the 302nd Airlift Wing (Colorado). Photo By Tech
Sgt Brian E. Christiansen, N.C. Air National Guard Public Affairs.