Members from the 145th Maintenance Squadron from Charlotte, N.C., pull a fire retardant hose after filling the Module Air Fire Fighting System with fire retardant on a C-130 Hercules during a refueling stop Oct. 25 at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base, Calif. Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard Airmen are participating in the Southern California firefighting effort. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Hector Garcia)