Brazilian Air Force Deploys KC-390 for Arson Response in São Paulo
By: David Simmons The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) has dispatched one of its Embraer KC-390 Millennium aircraft to São Paulo to assist in combating a series of intentional fires. The aircraft, equipped with the MAFFS II (Modular Airborne Firefighting System), arrived…
Nevada Air National Guard Activated to Assist with Wildfire Efforts
152nd Airlift WingStory by Senior Master Sgt. Paula Macomber Reno, Nev.— The Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has mobilized six Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) to combat a surge in wildfire activity across the…
Around the Air Force: Fighting Wildfires with MAFFS
In this week’s look around the Air Force, two C-130 aircraft from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve are fighting wildfires in California… Video by Senior Airman Saomy Sabournin Source: https://www.302aw.afrc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3859491/around-the-air-force-fighting-wildfires-enhancing-rescue-missions-enlisted-foun/
How the Air Force Uses C-130s to Fight Wildfires with MAFFS (Modular Airborne Firefighting System)
A wonderful look inside the MAFFS mission from Sam Eckholm!
California National Guard Airmen drop retardant on Long Fire with MAFFS
California Air National Guard personnel and MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) aircrew Maj. Nate Southwick and Capt. Tyler Henry, with the 115th Airlift Squadron, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, follow a U.S. Forest Service lead plane as they perform…
Hollywood Guard and U.S. Forest Service Host Critical Aerial Firefighting Training in Southern California
A look inside MAFFS 2024 Spring Training from Aerial Fire Magazine (www.aerialfiremag.com):