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US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing (AW), California (CA) Air National Guard Station, prepare to launch their Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) C-130 Hercules aircraft for another firefighting mission in support of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing (AW), California (CA) Air National Guard Station, prepare to launch their Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) C-130 Hercules aircraft for another firefighting mission in support of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho

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Base: Boise

State: Idaho (ID)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Edie Cervantes, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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12/07/2000

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A US Air Force (USAF) C-130E Hercules cargo aircraft rigged with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) from the 146th Airlift Wing (AW), Channel Islands Air National Guard Station (ANGS), makes a Phoschek fire retardant drop on the Simi Fire in Southern California (CA)

The fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek is pumped from two nozzles mounted inside an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules. The aircraft is equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) and is participating in fire fighting efforts under the direction of the U.S. Forest Service

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The fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek is pumped from two nozzles mounted inside an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules. The aircraft is equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) and is participating in fire fighting efforts under the direction of the U.S. Forest Service

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US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) George Peach Taylor, Jr. (left), The Air Force Surgeon General, administer the oath of office to US Air Force (USAF) Major General (MGEN) Gerald E. Harmon, Assistant to the USAF Surgeon General, South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG), during a Promotion Ceremony at McEntire, Air National Guard Station (ANGS), South Carolina (SC). Assisting is MGEN Harmons wife Linda (center)

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US Air Force (USAF) Major General (MGEN) Gerald E. Harmon, Assistant to the USAF Surgeon General, South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG), speaks during his Promotion Ceremony at McEntire, Air National Guard Station (ANGS), South Carolina (SC)

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) James Merriman (foreground right), Commander, 240th Combat Communications Squadron (CCS) South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG), discusses set-up procedures with his team supervisor, USAF MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) David William. The team is setting up an AN/TSC-94A Super High Frequency (SHF) SATCOM satellite antenna, at McEntire, Air National Guard Station (ANGS), South Carolina (SC). (A3563)

Mr. Jack Skolds F-16 Fighting Falcon, (Aircraft #924) takes off. Skolds is the President of SCE&G. He is visiting the 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire, South Carolina's Air National Guard Station to receive an orientation flight on the F-16C, Block 52 aircraft

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US Air Force (USAF) personnel assigned to the 146th Airlift Wing (AW), get ready to recover a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) returning at Hill Air Force Base (AFB) Utah (UT) following a firefighting mission flown in support of the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)/ United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service's Initial Response Force on wildfires

US Air Force Reserve (USAFR) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Malissa Guenette, Avionics Technician, 302nd Airlift Wing (AW) operates the compressor system on a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), as she loads 2,700-gallons of chemical fire retardant aboard a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft at Boise, Idaho (ID)

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