LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas: A lead plane from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service guides a C-130 from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., toward a wildfire west of Austin, Texas, April 17. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft equipped with the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to support the fight against ongoing wildfires in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)