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News | May 6, 2011

C-130s complete support to firefighting efforts in Texas

By NORAD and USNORTHCOM Public Affairs

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – The four Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Modular Airborne FireFighting Systems, who were under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command, completed their support to the firefighting efforts in Texas.

Four C-130s, two from the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing, Colo., and the California Air National Guard’s 146th AW, will redeploy from Dyess AFB, TX after assisting the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) control the fires in Texas.

The mission ended Thursday night, DoD aircraft completed the following in support of the State of Texas:

-- 81 sorties

-- 243,000 gallons of retardant

For more information, contact USNORTHCOM Public Affairs at 719-554-6889 or 719-304-6097.