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  • NIFC reduces MAFFS C-130 support

    The National Interagency Fire Center modified its request for assistance decreasing the total number of Department of Defense MAFFS C-130s supporting U.S. Forest Service operations in the Western U.S. from four to two. Two MAFFS-equipped C-130s and aircrews from the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd

  • NIFC decreases MAFFS C-130s from six to four

    The National Interagency Fire Center sent two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s home over the Labor Day weekend, due to a decrease in fire activity.Two C-130s from the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing were deactivated Sept. 2, and returned to Cheyenne from Boise,

  • Operation NOBLE EAGLE mission won’t cease

    As Isaac battered the Gulf Coast, the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region and the 601st Air and Space Operations center never missed a beat. Charged with the aerospace defense of the continental United States, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, CONR and the AOC continue to

  • MAFFS meets major mission milestone

    Department of Defense Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System C-130s reached a major mission milestone on Friday, Aug. 24, by dropping the 2 millionth gallon of retardant for the season.MAFFS 5, assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing, based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.,

  • AFNORTH ready to support Isaac relief efforts

    Air Forces Northern (AFNORTH) has readied itself to provide military resources to civil authorities if requested as Hurricane Isaac works its way across the Gulf of Mexico with landfall expected to occur somewhere between Mississippi and Louisiana.AFNORTH is the Air Force organization responsible

  • CONR to fly air defense exercise in preparation for RNC

    Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region fighters will be active prior to the Republican National Convention preparing to protect the skies around Tampa, Fla.Exercise Amalgam Virgo 12-03, a NORAD air defense exercise, will be held Aug. 24, in the greater Tampa area to allow

  • U.S. Forest Service requests increase in MAFFS operations

    Increased fire activity in the Western United States has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to call two additional MAFFS-equipped C-130s to resume operations by Tuesday. Those aircraft will come from the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing, in Cheyenne, Wyo."This has been an interesting

  • North Carolina Air National Guard returns to MAFFS mission

    The North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing will return to flying MAFFS Aug. 14, six weeks after four of the unit's Airmen were killed in a C-130 crash during a fire fighting mission in South Dakota."Charlotte's MAFFS 8 will replace MAFFS 9, from California, for three weeks while the