CALFIRE, U.S. Forest Services, and the Air National Guard
Nevada and Wyoming C-130's equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS),
Two Air National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130's Hercules aircraft assigned to 152nd Airlift Wing, Reno Nevada and the 153rd Airlift Wing Cheyenne, Wyoming are tested to prepare for their fire-fighting mission on Channel Islands Air National Guard Base, California, Jan. 12, 2025. When requested by the National Interagency Fire Center and approved by the Secretary of Defense, the Department of Defense can provide unique wildland firefighting assets to the requesting agencies. As part of U.S. Northern Command's assigned Defense Support of Civil...