Video by Tech. Sgt. Louis Koconis | Defense Media Activity - Air Force | 05.15.2025
In this week’s look Around the Air Force, Dr. Troy Meink is confirmed as Secretary of the Air Force, a milestone for integrating automated aircraft systems, and Air Guard units and civilian flight crews join forces for aerial wildfire suppression training....
Video by Spc. Joseph Burns | 197th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.15.2025
The Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing conducted Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training in Arizona alongside the U.S. Forest Service and interagency partners. The training prepares aircrews for real-world wildfire suppression missions by refining fire retardant drop techniques and coordination efforts. MAFFS-equipped C-130 aircraft play a critical role in supporting......
Video by Master Sgt. Nicholas Carzis | 146 Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard | 01.24.2025
U.S. Air National Guard Maj. Cameron Shepard and Capt. Carlos Puga, assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing, perform wildland fire fighting operations inside a C-130J Super Hercules equipped with the MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) over the Hughes Fire near Castaic, California, Jan. 24, 2025. The MAFFS program is a joint effort between the U.S. Forest Service and Department of Defense......
Courtesy Video | War.gov | 01.18.2025
Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units from Wyoming, Nevada, California and Colorado activated to fight wildfires in the Los Angeles area using C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems, or MAFFS. Video by Air Force Tech Sgt. Louis Koconis...
Video by Master Sgt. Chris Hibben | 4th Combat Camera Squadron | 01.18.2025
Members of the Air Force Reserve 302nd Airlift Wing from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, work along side Air National Guard members to fight wildfires in the Los Angeles area using C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems, or MAFFS, at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, Jan. 17, 2025. Wildland Firefighting is part of U.S.......
Video by Tech. Sgt. Nicole Wright | 146 Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard | 01.12.2025
CALFIRE, U.S. Forest Services, and the Air National Guard Nevada and Wyoming C-130's equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS), Two Air National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130's Hercules aircraft assigned to 152nd Airlift Wing, Reno Nevada and the 153rd Airlift Wing Cheyenne, Wyoming are tested to prepare for their fire-fighting......
Video by Tech. Sgt. Justin Norton | 302nd Airlift Wing | 01.10.2025
A team of 302d Airlift Wing and 153rd Airlift Wing Airmen load a Modular Airborne Firefighting System unit into a C-130H Hercules aircraft at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, Jan. 10, 2025. The equipment was loaded for transport to be configured in California providing support to civilian fire suppression efforts. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Justin Norton)...
Video by Master Sgt. Nicholas Carzis | 146 Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard | 01.10.2025
Two California Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules aircraft equipped with the MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) are prepared by MAFFS personnel with CAL FIRE and the 146th Airlift Wing to perform wildland fire suppression operations at the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, Jan. 10, 2025. When requested by the National Interagency Fire Center......
