A Wyoming Air National Guard (WYANG) C-130H3 Hercules aircrat equipped with Modular Airborne Fireighting System (MAFFS), 153rd Airlit Wing (AW), Cheyenne, Wyoming (WY), takes o or a mission during the annual MAFFS exercise at Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park in Greenville, South Carolina (SC). The MAFFS exercise is a one-week annual training and re-certiication, joining air and ground personnel rom the Federal Department o Agriculture's Forest Service, US Air National Guard (ANG) and US Air Force Reserve units. The exercise consists o eight C-130H3 Hercules cargo aircrat that ly continuous missions dropping water on South Carolina's Sumter National Forest to prepare crews...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: A Wyoming Air National Guard (WYANG) C-130H3 Hercules aircraft equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS), 153rd Airlift Wing (AW), Cheyenne, Wyoming (WY), takes off for a mission during the annual MAFFS exercise at Donaldson Center Industrial Air Park in Greenville, South Carolina (SC). The MAFFS exercise is a one-week annual training and re-certification, joining air and ground personnel from the Federal Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, US Air National Guard (ANG) and US Air Force Reserve units. The exercise consists of eight C-130H3 Hercules cargo aircraft that fly continuous missions dropping water on South Carolina's Sumter National Forest to prepare crews for wild land fire fighting missions.

Base: Greenville

State: South Carolina (SC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
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