A mechanical arm pours Phoschek, a chemical fire retardant, into portable bladders at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station (ANGS), California (CA). The Phoschek will be pumped into a Module Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) unit aboard a US Air Force (USAF) C-130E Hercules aircraft parked in the background, as the California Department of Forestry prepares to fight numerous wildfires in California
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Channel Islands Ang Station
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Alex Koenig, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
06/06/2002
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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