July - September 2000 – Air Force Reserve firefighting aircraft and aircrews squelched wildfires in California, Idaho and Montana, flying C-130s equipped with modular airborne fire fighting systems. Here, an Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules MAFFS aircraft assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., drops fire retardant chemicals on the "Big Crow" wildfire in southwestern Idaho. The 302nd, along with the 146th AW, California Air National Guard, deployed to Boise, Id., to contain wildfires there before they could become major fires.

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