Story by Master Sgt. Nicholas Carzis | 146 Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard | 08.30.2023
Two C-130J Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) equipped aircraft assigned to the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing (146AW) and the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing (302AW), Colorado Springs, are mobilizing to Klamath Falls Airtanker Base by means of the U.S. Forest Service’s extension request for assistance for aerial firefighting support assets assigned......
Story by Master Sgt. Nicholas Carzis | 146 Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard | 08.30.2023
Two C-130 Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) equipped aircraft assigned to the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing (146AW) and the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing (302AW), Colorado Springs, are mobilizing to Klamath Falls Airtanker Base by means of the U.S. Forest Service’s extension request for aerial firefighting support assets assigned to the......
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......
