Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) Support Plane #9 for the 152nd Airlift Wing takes off for Klamath Falls Airtanker Base in Klamath Falls, Oregon Aug. 16, 2023 at Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) has requested one C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) from the Nevada Air National Guard to support wildland firefighting operations in support of NIFC in several western states. The 152nd Airlift Wing aircraft will replace the 153rd Airlift Wing out of Wyoming Air National Guard from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and join the 302nd Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, which were both working with the USDA Forest Service and other state and federal agencies fighting wildfires across the west since August 3, 2023.
| Date Taken: | 08.16.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 08.16.2023 20:26 |
| Photo ID: | 7975491 |
| VIRIN: | 230816-Z-WU657-2003 |
| Resolution: | 3928x2619 |
| Size: | 918.61 KB |
| Location: | RENO, NEVADA, US |
| Web Views: | 65 |
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