The Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems program was instituted in 1971 as a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Defense. The MAFFS system can be installed inside C-130 ...

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – More forest fires in the western United States have prompted the U.S. Forest Service to call in two additional C-130s equipped with the Mobile Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS.

The versatile C-27J cargo aircraft will be able to perform this mission thanks to the roll-on/roll off MAFFS system. Leonardo unveiled on its website a new firefighting configuration that will further ...

The Hercules C-130 aircraft descended to an altitude of 150 feet, releasing 3,000 gallons of water over a grassy landscape. The water drop took place near the Boise Airport’s third runway, south of ...

Saturday marks five years since four North Carolina National Guard airmen died fighting a wildfire in South Dakota. The men were fighting the wildfires from the air using modular airborne firefighting ...

The Pentagon deployed modified C-130 aircraft to aid in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires spread rapidly due to strong winds and dry conditions, scorching over 30,000 acres.

BOISE, Idaho -- The U.S. Forest Service, through the National Interagency Fire Center here, has directed the repositioning of military Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System aircraft from Colorado ...

A day after the Montana congressional delegation sent letters expressing their disappointment in the relocation of Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System units from North Carolina to Nevada, the ...

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE – The Department of Defense sent one Modular Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) C-130 to California Wednesday to fight numerous wildfires in the Golden state. The Air Force announced ...