Airmen from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Colorado Springs Air Force Reserve, remove the filler hose after filling a C-130H Hercules with fire retardant at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 28, 2011. The C-130 is equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System MAFFS which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. Wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than million acres since January. Staff Sgt. Eric Harris

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