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Caption:
A Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 Hercules equipped with a Modular
Airborne Fire Fighting System drops a water and fire retardant slurry
on a fire on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Nov. 17, 1997.
Three C-130s and a total of 96 service members were sent to Indonesia
for humanitarian support in fighting the jungle fires. The mission is
providing the National Guard a first-time opportunity to fight forest
fires internationally while using the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting
Systems or MAFFS. Two of the C-130s are equipped with the U.S.
Forest Service-owned MAFFS to douse fires from the air. The
Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing is one of only four in
the U.S. equipped to perform aerial fire fighting missions. DoD
photo by Staff Sgt. Daryl McKamey, Air National Guard.
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