MESA, Ariz. – Here is a look at a control panel, part of the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, inside the cargo bay of a Ca
MESA, Ariz. – Here is a look at a control panel, part of the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, inside the cargo bay of a California Air National Guard C-130 shortly after its arrival at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport here July 3, 2013. The airplane, from the 146th Airlift Wing, another from the same unit and two from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, were ordered moved from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., where they had been fighting fires since June 11, to Mesa by planners at the Boise, Idaho-based National Interagency Fire Center. MAFFS is a self-contained aerial fire fighting system owned by the Forest Service. MAFFS modules are loaded into the cargo bays of military C-130 aircraft. Following USFS lead planes, military aircrews using MAFFS can discharge 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in order to check the advance of a forest fire
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