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302nd AW hosting annual aerial firefighting training May 05, 2019 - About 300 people from the Air National Guard, U.S. Forest Service and other firefighting agencies are scheduled Monday to begin a weeklong aerial wildland firefighting training and certification hosted by the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base. [Read more...]	'High Rollers' go all in for busy MAFFS activation Sep 17, 2018 - Wildland firefighters rarely find themselves out of the woods. [Read more...]

Lockheed Martin introduces LM-100J 'FireHerc' at Farnborough International Airshow Jul 16, 2018 - Lockheed Martin today at Farnborough International Airshow (FIAS) introduced the LM-100J "FireHerc," a civil-certified firefighting airtanker variant of the proven C-130J Super Hercules that is the airlifter of choice for 18 nations around the world. [Read more...]	Air Guard, Reserve wings kickoff annual MAFFS training with the USDA Forest Service Apr 23, 2018 - As temperatures heated up this week in northern California, aerial firefighters from four C-130 airlift wings operating the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) started a weeklong training today in anticipation of summer blazes. [Read more...]
Guardsmen deploy at home and abroad Nov 24, 2017 - The Wyoming Air National Guard stands faithfully in support of both domestic and federal missions assisting victims in need throughout the world by providing aid when called upon. [Read more...]	Earth Wind and Fire: Reservists own the skies Sep 11, 2017 - For the first time in the nearly 70-year history of the Air Force Reserve, all three special mission units have been called to action simultaneously due to a series of catastrophic events that have affected wide swaths of the U.S. [Read more...]
MAFFS surge support continues as national preparedness advances to highest level Aug 16, 2017 - Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard continue supporting wildland fire suppression efforts as the National Preparedness level reaches its highest level. [Read more...]	High Rollers deploy for first MAFFS activation Jul 26, 2017 - More than a year after being named the newest military C-130 unit equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, the 152nd Airlift Wing flew its first firefighting operation Saturday at the Fresno Air Attack Base in support of the U.S. Forest Service. [Read more...]
Guard, Reserve units complete annual firefighting training with U.S. Forest Service Apr 24, 2017 - 121 sorties. 124 flight hours. 373,900 gallons of water dropped. [Read more...]	Guard & Reservists provide surge support to Great Basin fires Sep 23, 2016 - The 2016 Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System Air Expeditionary Group along with two Air Reserve Component MAFFS-equipped C-130 aircraft completed a month-long activation in support of aerial fire suppression missions in the Western U.S., September 3, 2016. [Read more...]

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