Video by Travis Weger | USDA Forest Service | 01.27.2026
Olympic medalist Shannon Dunn-Downing snowboards on National Forest System land at Brighton Resort in Utah. For Dunn-Downing, the path to the Olympics did not begin in a training facility or private club, it began on public lands in the mountains of Colorado. (Forest Service video by Travis Weger and Dave Downing)...
Video by Travis Weger | USDA Forest Service | 11.14.2024
Follow our horses and mules, Rory, Duke and Carla from the Shoshone Specialty Pack String as they complete work in wilderness areas throughout the Shoshone National Forest. U.S. Forest Service pack strings consist of horses and mules, lead packer and assistant packer and accomplish vital projects throughout the Rocky Mountain Region and beyond. They are critical for compliance with the......
Video by Andrew Avitt | USDA Forest Service | 04.16.2023
Each year, approximately 70,000 wildfires burn an average of 7.0 million acres in the United States, according to the National Interagency Coordination Center’s Wildland Fire Summary and Statistics annual report. Reforestation and rehabilitation of wildfire-affected national forests is a top priority for the USDA Forest Service. This footage captures Forest Service scientists and......
Video by Jacqueline Alderman | Joint Force Headquarters - Wyoming National Guard | 07.20.2021
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin Gregg, a loadmaster with the 187th Airlift Squadron, shares what it is like being part of a MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) activated C-130 Hercules aircraft. On July 19, 2021, members assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing prepare and load the C-130 Hercules aircraft with a U.S. Forest Service MAFFS in Cheyenne, Wyo. The C-130H aircraft departed......
Video by Staff Sgt. Laura Fitzmorris | 302nd Airlift Wing | 04.26.2021
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Lt. Col. Richard Pantusa, 302nd Airlift Wing aerial firefighting chief, discusses upcoming training with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System Apr. 26, 2021. The wing will be flying C-130H model aircraft fitted with MAFFS units between Colorado Springs and Jefferson County, Colorado, May 10-16. Certification training, sponsored by the USDA Forest Service,......
Video by Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Carzis | 146 Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard | 07.22.2020
Two California Air National Guard C-130-J Super Hercules aircraft retrofitted with the MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) depart for McClellan Airbase in Sacramento, California at the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California. July 23, 2020. Pilots, aircrew, and maintainers from the 146th Airlift Wing, will join the USDA Forest Service and other agencies......
Video by Tech. Sgt. Jacqueline Alderman | Joint Force Headquarters - Wyoming National Guard | 05.09.2019
The 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, conduct a test of the MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) unit by expelling 3,000 gallons of water during the annual MAFFS Air Expeditionary Group training and certification. This year's training is being hosted by the 302nd Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, in Colorado Springs, Co. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Tech. Sgt. Jackie......
Video by Tech. Sgt. Jacqueline Alderman | Joint Force Headquarters - Wyoming National Guard | 05.08.2019
A C-130 Hercules aircraft loaded with the USDA Forest Service MAFFS II (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) from the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, positions itself to drop water as part of the annual training and recertification in Colorado Springs, Co. The 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is hosting the annual training, where members of the Air......
