Watch cockpit footage from military aircraft battling California wildfires with MAFFS
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Due to the wildfires in Los Angeles, the U.S. Air Force has deployed eight C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the MAFFS system
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Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing Activated for Firefighting to assist in the greater Los Angeles area
RENO, NEVADA, UNITED STATES U.S. Northern Command has activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and associated personnel to relocate from their home stations to the Channel Islands in Southern California to support firefighting efforts in…
More than 600 California National Guard troops activated, and 8 aircraft heading to assist with wildfires, Pentagon says
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Military aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) mobilized to assist with Southern California wildfires
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Fighting wildfires from inside the cockpit. Inside the C-130 with the California Air National Guard and MAFFS
A California Air National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing provides support to wildland fire suppression efforts by dropping a line of fire retardant on the Palisades Fire in the…
“Like An Atomic Attack”: US Air Force Deploys Scores Of MAFFS-Armed C-130s To Fight Catastrophic Wildfire
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/like-an-atomic-attack-us-air-force-deploys-scores-of-maffs-armed-c-130s-to-fight-catastrophic-wildfire Highlight: A series of catastrophic wildfires have swept across Los Angeles County, leaving at least 11 people dead and displacing tens of thousands of residents. The blazes have razed hundreds of buildings, melted cars, and even left ATMs in molten ruin,…