Story by Stacey Knott | 302nd Airlift Wing | 08.26.2025
One aircraft from the Air Force Reserve’s 302d Airlift Wing repositioned to Idaho Aug. 25 to continue support for western wildfires. The wing has been providing aerial firefighting support in Colorado and Wyoming since August 9....
Story by Stacey Knott | 302nd Airlift Wing | 08.11.2025
The Air Force Reserve’s 302d Airlift Wing here provided aerial firefighting support against fires in Colorado Aug 9 and 10....
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Paula Macomber | 152nd Airlift Wing | 08.02.2024
Reno, Nev.— The Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has mobilized six Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) to combat a surge in wildfire activity across the Western United States. The aircraft, provided by the Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing from Peterson Space Force Base, the California Air National......
Story by Master Sgt. Nicholas Carzis | 146 Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard | 04.26.2024
The U.S. Forest Service held its annual certification and training event for the aerial firefighting program known as MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) with two of the four assigned Department of Defense aircrews from the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing nicknamed the “Hollywood Guard.”...
Story by Jacqueline Alderman | Joint Force Headquarters - Wyoming National Guard | 08.05.2023
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing has been mobilized to support fire suppression efforts in Klamath Falls, Ore. At the request of the National Interagency Fire Center, U.S. Northern Command has deployed two C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) to assist with wildland firefighting operations across western states....
Story by Capt. Kimberly Chatto | CONR-1AF (AFNORTH and AFSPACE) | 08.04.2023
KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon – U.S. Northern Command deployed two C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) to assist with wildland firefighting operations across western states. The Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing in Cheyenne, Wyo. and the 302nd Airlift Wing with the U.S. Air Force Reserve from Colorado Springs, Colo., will each provide one......
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Paula Macomber | 152nd Airlift Wing | 04.11.2023
The USDA Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other federal wildland fire agencies will conduct annual training for Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) personnel at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, April 11-15. The training is being hosted by the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing. The training will include four military C-130......
Story by Senior Airman Thomas Cox | 152nd Airlift Wing | 09.12.2022
Two modular airborne firefighting systems (MAFFS) enabled U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft arrived at Boise Tanker Base, Idaho, September 9, 2022. One C-130H Hercules from the Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing and one C-130J Super Hercules from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing were called up to assist with wildland firefighting efforts due to increased fire......
