31 Jul 2023
Happy to hear that US Space Command will remain in Colorado!!!
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5 Apr 2023
A MAFFS C-130J from the 146th Airlift Wing performs a water drop for training in the Angeles National Forest. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Carzis) @hollywoodguard #MAFFS #146AW #152AW #302AW #153AW #ProtectionFromAbove #militaryfirefighting #C130 #C130J
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29 Mar 2023
Let's go Inside the cockpit as MAFFS 6 battles the Whittier fire which ravaged Southern California in 2017. MAFFS 6 is an Air National Guard C-130 based out of the Channel Islands, California. #MAFFS #ProtectionFromAbove #Aerialfirefighting #Wildfires #Bushfires #Californiafires
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25 Jan 2023
Here's a look at MAFFS in action over wildfires in Sonoma County, CA Photo by Evan Jacobs #MAFFS #MAFFS II #ProtectionFromAbove #MilitaryFirefighting #AerialFirefighting #C130 #C-130 #KC390 #C-390 #C390 #C27J #Firefighting #GlobalWarming #Firefighting #Brushfire @airattackimages
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2 Jan 2023
A great look inside of the new MAFFS II equipped C-390 Millenium #MAFFS #MAFFS II #ProtectionFromAbove #MilitaryFirefighting #AerialFirefighting #Embraer #KC390 #C-390 #C390 #GlobalWarming #Firefighting
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27 Dec 2022
The MAFFS II system requires minimal set-up time with complete preparation and loading in under two hours. #MAFFS #MAFFS II #ProtectionFromAbove #MilitaryFirefighting #AerialFirefighting #C130 #C-130 #KC390 #C-390 #C390 #C27J #Firefighting #GlobalWarming #Firefighting
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13 Dec 2022
A MAFFS equipped C-130 from the Tunisian Air Force puts out a major fire that broke out on June 18 in Boukernin National Park, in the southern suburbs of Tunis. #MAFFS. #ProtectionFromAbove #Tunisia #Algeria #MAFFSII #Aerialfirefighting #wildfire #C130hercules #C130 #firefighting
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11 Oct 2022
The MAFFS II system (shown here on the Embraer C-390) requires minimal set-up time with complete preparation and loading in under two hours.#MAFFS #MAFFS II #ProtectionFromAbove #MilitaryFirefighting #AerialFirefighting #Embraer #C390 #C-390 #Firefighting #GlobalWarming
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7 Oct 2022
With MAFFS II the aircraft remains sealed & pressurized with its payload released in a manner that prevents liquid from coating the empennage and entering the interior of the aircraft. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Amber Sorsek) #MAFFS #ProtectionFromAbove #C130hercules
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19 Sep 2022
We're pleased to share that @Embraer has successfully completed the flight test certification campaign for the MAFFS II on the C-390 Millennium. #MAFFS #MAFFS II #ProtectionFromAbove #MilitaryFirefighting #AerialFirefighting #Embraer #C390 #C-390 #Firefighting
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8 Sep 2022
Throwback to U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Patrick McBride, left, and Maj. Nick Kim, right, both of the 146th Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard, as they sit in the cockpit of MAFFS 4. #MAFFS #ProtectionFromAbove #militaryfirefighting #Aerialfirefighting #DVIDShub #146AW
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6 Sep 2022
The MAFFS II system requires minimal set-up time with complete preparation and loading in under two hours. Photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Norton #MAFFS #ProtectionFromAbove #militaryfirefighiting #Aerialfirefighting #DVIDShub #wildfire #firefighting #C130hercules #C27J #DVIDSHub
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17 Jun 2022
A C-130 maintenance crew from the 153d Airlift Wing at the USDA Forest Service MAFFS II training in Boise, Idaho. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Robert J. Trubia). #MAFFS #ProtectionFromAbove #militaryfirefighiting #Aerialfirefighting #DVIDShub #C130
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6 Jun 2022
In 2021, US Air National Guard MAFFS crews dropped more than 8 million pounds of retardant. #MAFFS #ProtectionFromAbove #militaryfirefighiting #Aerialfirefighting #DVIDShub #wildfire #bushfires #Californiafires #NationalGuard #firefighting #CaliforniaWildfires
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16 May 2022
A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules MAFFS aircraft assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing sits on the flight line in front of the newly constructed MAFFS pits at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station (photo: Staff Sgt. Michelle Ulber) #MAFFS #ProtectionFromAbove #firefighting
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10 May 2022
U.S. Air Force personnel assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing secure the U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) inside a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft (photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Ulber) #MAFFS #ProtectionFromAbove #militaryfirefighiting #C130 #LATs
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18 Jan 2022
A C-130J Hercules aircraft equipped with a MAFFS II performs a water drop in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Alex Koenig #MAFFS #146AW #ProtectionFromAbove #militaryfirefighiting #aerialfirefighting #DVIDShub #NationalGuard #firefighting #C130
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20 Jun 2021
MAFFS is the only self contained roll-on/roll-off system proven in the marketplace and requires minimal set-up time with complete preparation and loading possible in under two hours. Photo Credit: Michael Dougherty CONR-1AF (AFNORTH) #MAFFS #ProtectionFromAbove #C130 #C-130
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16 Mar 2021
MAFFSII installed in a C-130, can discharge up to 3,000 gallons of fire retardant in less than 5 seconds, covering an area one-quarter of a mile long by 100 feet wide. Once the load is discharged, it can be refilled in less than 12 minutes. #MAFFS #ProtectionfromAbove #C-130
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2 Mar 2021
MAFFS II systems allow mission controllers to very quickly add 3,000 gallon air tankers to service as needed to respond when other resources have been depleted or additional support is needed. Photo Credit: Evan Jacobs / @AirAttackImages #MAFFS #fireseason #ProtectionfromAbove
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