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A C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 943rd Tactical Airlift Group, Air Force Reserve, dumps fire retardant over a threatened forest area F-3006-SPT-90-000007-XX-0084

Maintenance personnel from the 146th Tactical Airlift Wing, California Air National Guard, paint a fluorescent number on the tail of a C-130 Hercules aircraft to help aircrews see each other through heavy smoke during aerial firefighting missions. Reserve and Guard Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) crews respond to calls from civilian firefighters to help control large forest fires

An Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft loaded with chemical fire retardant prepares to take off on a mission. The aircraft is equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) and is participating in fire fighting efforts under the direction of the US Forest Service

An Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft loaded with chemical fire retardant prepare to take off on a mission. The aircraft are equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) and are participating in fire fighting efforts under the direction of the US Forest Service

A US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) C-130 Hercules Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System aircraft, assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing (AW), drops fire retardant chemicals on the Big Crow wildfire in Southwestern Idaho. The 302nd AW, along with the146th AW, California (CA), Air National Guard (ANG) have been deployed to Boise, Idaho, to help contain wildfires in the area before they become major fires

Air Force Reserve firefighters respond to a C-130 Hercules

The fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek is pumped into an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules. The aircraft are equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) and are participating in fire fighting efforts under the direction of the US Forest Service

The fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek covers the flight line after being pumped from an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules during a test of the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS). The aircraft is participating in fire fighting efforts under the direction of the US Forest Service

US Air Force (USAF) personnel assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing (AW), get ready to recover a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) returning at Hill Air Force Base (AFB) Utah (UT) following a firefighting mission flown in support of the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)/ United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service's Initial Response Force on wildfires

A C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 943rd Tactical Airlift Group, Air Force Reserve, dumps fire retardant over a threatened forest area. Reserve and Guard Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) crews respond to calls from civilian firefighters to help control large forest fires

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

State: Colorado (CO)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Dave Mcleod

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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01/01/1989
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label_outline Explore Dave Mcleod, Tactical Airlift Group, Fire Retardant

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Washington Army National Guard (WAARNG) Soldiers, Alpha Company (A Co.), 1/303rd Armor Battalion (BN), 81st Armor Brigade (Separate), Fort Lewis, Washington (WA), load a litter onto a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft as they assist in the aeromedical combat configuration and loading competition portion of the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA)

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