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  • Photo taken by U.S. Air Force RQ-4A Global Hawk and analyzed for Southern California Firefighters by AN/GSQ-272 Sentinel imagery analyst. Infrared image depicts hot areas and objects as white on a darker background and shows the Horno Fire progressing from left to right across the image.

    Global Hawk, U-2 and P-3 aircraft capture images of wildfires

    Throughout the week Air Forces Northern tasked RQ-4 Global Hawk and U-2 mapping aircraft from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., and a Navy P-3 aircraft flying out of Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., to provide still photos and video to firefighting commanders and civil authorities on the ground. Military technology plays an important role in our

  • AFNORTH helps fight wildfires

    Air Forces Northern is deploying an Air Component Coordination Element, or ACCE, to support firefighting operations in Southern California. The ACCE is an Air Force team designed to perform the command and control function for Air Force assets supporting the efforts. When the Federal Emergency Management Agency requested DOD resources to help with
  • Two Air Force Reserve Command C-130 Hercules aircraft, equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems like this C-130 dropping water during annual MAFFS training in New Mexico, have been dispatched to help battle wildfires in California. The aircraft are from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza)

    AFNORTH deploying personnel, aircraft for California wildfires

    Air Forces Northern is overseeing the deployment of six C-130 aircraft capable of transporting and employing the Military Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), along with appropriate command and control and support personnel to support and assist emergency response efforts in Southern California. MAFFS is an emergency capability designed to
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