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Caption:
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFIE) – A C-130 Hercules from the
302nd Airlift Wing, equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting System,
is resupplied with water from a nearby bladder at Gowen Airfield in
Boise, Idaho during annual MAFFS training. The 302nd Airlift Wing
here began flying specially equipped C-130 aircraft June 14 to combat
forest fires in Colorado. Multiple forest fires throughout the state
prompted the U.S. Forest Service to request the activation of the
Department of Defense's Modular Airborne Firefighting System
mission. The U.S. Forest Service has the option of requesting the
MAFFS-equipped C-130s to combat forest fires after all civilian assets
have been exhausted. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Schaap)
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