Aerial Fire Magazine: AFRC Responds to the Pacific Palisades Fires
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LOS ANGELES — Army Sgt. Ricardo Hernandez watched from a cross street as sporadic traffic passed on the Pacific Coast Highway near Pacific Palisades. The late afternoon sun glinted off his sunglasses as a man on a bicycle rode up to…
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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…
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/
A unique and innovative system, which allows the same aircraft fleet to be used for different purposes, thus maximizing its efficiency. This is the innovative proposal of the MAFFS Corporation, which has created a unique model based on the efficiency and…