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Aug. 27, 2020
Nevada Air Guard MAFFS activation extended as western wildfires rage
NEVADA AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Nev. (AFNS) — Members of the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard activated July 29, the unit’s first firefighting activation in two years following a 2019 season that saw little need to request the military as a surge capacity for wildland fire suppression efforts.
Aug. 4, 2016
Reserve Airmen Stand Ready to Help Fight Wildfires
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Air Force Lt. Col. Luke Thompson describes being at the controls of an aircraft carrying the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, during a firefighting operation.
Aug. 3, 2016
MAFFS C-130s to assist firefighting efforts
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Military C-130s equipped with a U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System departed to support ongoing aerial fire fighting efforts in the Western U.S.
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