Story by Senior Airman Michelle Brooks | 152nd Airlift Wing | 05.08.2022
I had the opportunity to interview Lisa Allen, a lead plane pilot with the Bureau of Land Management’s National Aviation Office, about the role of a lead plane pilot during wildland fire suppression missions....
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Paula Macomber | 152nd Airlift Wing | 10.08.2021
The Nevada Air National Guard Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) crews finished up their 89-day MAFFS activation Sept. 22, 2021. They flew a total of 330 sorties and dropped 8,181,017 pounds of retardant (912,042 gallons). This was 36 percent of the total gallons dropped from the four-unit (8 aircraft) Air Expeditionary Group during this fire year. The remaining units finished their......
Story by Capt. Dusty Culpepper | CONR-1AF (AFNORTH and AFSPACE) | 07.21.2021
Two C-130's added to DoD support of wildland fire fighting.
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Paula Macomber | 152nd Airlift Wing | 07.20.2021
The Nevada Air National Guard’s participation in the MAFFS mission this year has been extended to Aug. 26 at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). There will also be two additional C-130 aircraft and aircrew added to the mission for a total of five military C-130 aircraft activated. The additional aircraft--one from the Wyoming Air National Guard and the other from......
Story by Doug Magill | Sierra Army Depot | 08.25.2020
HERLONG, Calif. – Fire and emergency services professionals from the U.S. Army’s end-of-first-life center are currently assisting local civil authorities in responding to wildfires across northern California during the region’s 2020 wildland fire season....
Story by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 05.04.2020
Amid its COVID-19 humanitarian support, the California National Guard helped launch Wildfire Preparedness Week as a means for the public to prepare for California's yearly battle - wildfires. Every year California burns, and since 2015 ten of the state's Top 20 most destructive wildfires in history have occurred....
Story by Capt. Jason Sweeney | California National Guard Primary | 03.31.2019
CAMP ROBERTS, Calif. — The Cal Guard’s Task Force Rattlesnake completed wildland firefighting training with CAL FIRE at Camp Roberts on March 31 and has headed out to protect California’s communities vulnerable to wildfires....
Story by Spc. Amy Carle | 69th Public Affairs Detachment | 11.18.2018
CHICO, Calif. -- “Dear Fire Fighters, Thank you for your service. I want to be one of you. Thank you for risking your life.”...
