U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules ...

U.S. Northern Command has activated two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) Aircraft, one from the 152nd Airlift Wing in Reno and the other from the 146th Airlift Wing out of the Channel ...

CHEYENNE -- Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, and associated personnel were activated by U.S. Northern ...

CHEYENNE – A C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing was activated to support firefighting operations across the western United States this past weekend.

Jaw-dropping scenes show the view from inside the cockpit of an airplane fighting the devastating Californian wildfires. A California Air National Guard (CA ANG) MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting ...

PORT HUENEME, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and other federal and state fire response agencies will be conducting airborne firefighting training in the area from ...

When wildfires rage out of control, the U.S. Air Force deploys a surprising tool: the C-130 Hercules. Equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), these aircraft can drop thousands ...

On January 22, 2025, a C-130J Super Hercules, equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS), flew over the Hughes Fire in Castaic, California. The California Air National Guard deployed ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - More than 2,500 California National Guard troops remain on duty this week after Gov. Gavin Newsom activated them to support the ongoing firefighting efforts in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark ...