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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Hayes, 145th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, prepares to refill a C-130H Hercules, equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System, with fire retardant as it taxis into the pits at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 19, 2011. MAFFS is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. Wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Greg Ervin, 115th Airlift Squadron, California Air National Guard, surveys the Oasis wildfire as they prepare to dispense fire retardant to assist fire fighting efforts in West Texas, April 26, 2011. Lt. Col. Ervin is a C-130J Hercules pilot and is trained to fly with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System installed in order to aid in the firefighting efforts. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Robert Barry, 146th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, California Air National Guard, disconnects the fire retardant fill hose from the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) installed on a C-130J Hercules during firefighting operations at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 26, 2011. MAFFS is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. Wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Christopher Zinc, 146th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, California Air National Guard, washes fire retardant off of a C-130J Hercules after a day of firefighting at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 26, 2011. The fire retardant is highly corrosive, so it needs to be washed off as soon as possible to prevent damage to the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

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Nick Nickel, U.S. Northern Command Operations Directorate, gives a presentation on Operation Eagle Claw, the disastrous 1980 attempt to free the hostages held in Tehran, Iran, April 28. Nickel was one of the operators assigned to Operation Eagle Claw. Eight servicemembers were killed and two of the mission aircraft destroyed when one of the helicopters assigned to the mission crashed into a C-130. Although a failure, the mission is credited with sparking the Department of Defense to invest in improving joint planning, communications, integration and operations.

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Capt. Kenneth Moerscher, a representative on the Joint Task Force Space - Transportation System team from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, monitors a shuttle launch from the Morrell Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

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Master Sgt. Jose Torres, a cyber systems manager on the Joint Task Force - Space Transportation System team, works with Maj. Normand Burroughs, team director of communications, to ensure all computer requirements are met prior to and during the shuttle launch mission.

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Maj. Herman Suarez, (left), logistics officer on the Joint Task Force - Space Transportation team, discusses JTF team requirements with Maj. Normand Burroughs, team director of communications prior to the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery Feb. 24, 2011.

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Maj. Larry Skipper, 601st Air and Space Operations Center configuration manager at Tyndall AFB, Fla., adjusts a Joint-Based Expeditionary Connectivity Center antenna at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., before the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery Feb. 24, 2011. JBECC provides a comprehensive air picture to the entire launch team.

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A lead plane from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service guides a C-130, from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., toward a wildfire west of Austin, Texas, April 17. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft equipped with the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to support the fight against ongoing wildfires in the area.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shane Sturgeon fills up a C-130 Hercules's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System aircraft with fire retardant before it departs here, April 17 to support the fighting against the wildfires in Texas. Sergeant Sturgeon is a maintainer assigned to the 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron out of Peterson AFB, Colo.

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A wildfire burns land near Austin, Texas April 17, 2011. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft fitted with the U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to Texas to support the fight against ongoing wildfires.

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A C-130 from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., equipped with a U.S.D.A. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System flies toward a wildfire west of Austin, Texas, April 17. Six MAFFS C-130s, deployed by US Northern Command to Texas, have conducted several aerial firefighting missions over the Texas fires in the past two days.

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Watkins, 115th Airlift Squadron, California Air National Guard, connects a fuel hose to a C-130J Hercules while preparing the aircraft for firefighting operations at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 18, 2011. The C-130 is equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds.

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Airmen from California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing and Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing gather at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas to prepare for wildfire fighting operations, April 18, 2011. The Airmen maintain and operate the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) housed aboard a C-130 Hercules which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. The wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.

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Airmen from California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing prepare a C-130J Hercules for firefighting operations at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 18, 2011. The C-130 is equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. The wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.

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A C-130 equipped with a U.S.D.A. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System departs here April 17 to fight a wildfire in a neighborhood in Austin April 17. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft fitted with MAFFS to support the battle against ongoing wildfires in the area.

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A Modular Airborne Firefighting System-equipped C-130 assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing prepares for take-off at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., April 16. The aircraft is one of two MAFFS-equipped aircraft assigned to assist the Mexican government in fighting wildland fires in Northern Mexico. The MAFFS, which is owned and maintained by the U.S. Forest Service, is a pressurized self-contained firefighting system designed for installation in C-130 aircraft without structural modifications to the aircraft. The system is designed to air-drop fire-retardant chemicals onto wildfires.

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A crew chief with the 302nd Airlift Wing marshals a Modular Airborne Firefighting System-equipped C-130 in preparation for take-off at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., April 16. Aircraft and crews from the 302nd AW have been assigned to assist the Mexican government in fighting wildland fires in Northern Mexico. The MAFFS, which is owned and maintained by the U.S. Forest Service, is a pressurized self-contained firefighting system designed for installation in C-130 aircraft without structural modifications to the aircraft. The system is designed to air-drop fire-retardant chemicals onto wildfires.

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Federal law enforcement agents and intelligence analysts from the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice met with their supporting active duty and reserve component military counterparts during the annual 2011 Joint Task Force North Intelligence Conference, held 8-10 March, at Fort Bliss, Texas. The JTF North conference, co-sponsored by DHS’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, served as a forum for the development and planning of future intelligence initiatives to counter transnational criminal organizations and threats directed against the nation. Using both small and large group information exchange methodologies, the law enforcement agents, intelligence professionals, and supporting military personnel focused on drug trafficking, alien smuggling, aerial and maritime smuggling, terrorism, tunnels, cross-border gangs, weapons smuggling, threat finance, and information sharing and collaboration. JTF North incorporates the lessons learned and intelligence requirements that evolved from the conference into its future intelligence support operations provided to the federal law enforcement agencies.

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