Texas Wildfires

Wildfires burn in various locations across Texas, April 19, 2011. The U.S. Forestry Service, the Air National Guard and other agencies are all fighting to put out and control these fires that have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

Texas Wildfires

Wildfires burn in various locations across Texas, April 19, 2011. The U.S. Forestry Service, the Air National Guard and other agencies are all fighting to put out and control these fires that have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

Texas Wildfires

Airmen from California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing and Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing prepare to fill a C-130H Hercules equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System(MAFFS) with fire retardant at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 19, 2011. MAFFS is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. The fire retardant has fertilizer in it to promote new growth after the fires have been put out. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

Texas Wildfires

Master Sgt. Chuck Watkins connects a fuel hose to a C-130 Hercules, while preparing the aircraft for wildfire fighting operations across Texas April 18, 2011, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The C-130 is equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System, which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than 5 seconds. Sergeant Watkins is assigned to the California Air National Guard's 115th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

C-130s drop retardant over Texas wildfires

Staff Sgt. Anthony Hayes, 145th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, prepares to refill a C-130J Hercules, equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System, with fire retardant as it taxis into the pits at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 19, 2011. MAFFS is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than five seconds. Wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

Air Force support of Texas wildfires continues

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas: A C-130 equipped with a U.S.D.A. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System departs April 17 to fight a wildfire in a neighborhood in Austin, Texas, April 17. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft fitted with MAFFS to support the battle against ongoing wildfires in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)

Air Force support of Texas wildfires continues

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas: A wildfire burns land near Austin, Texas, April 17, 2011. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft fitted with the U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to Texas to support the fight against ongoing wildfires. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)

Air Force support of Texas wildfires continues

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas: A C-130 from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., equipped with a U.S.D.A. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System flies toward a wildfire west of Austin, Texas, April 17. Six MAFFS C-130s, deployed by U.S. Northern Command to Texas, have conducted several aerial firefighting missions over the Texas fires in the past two days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)

Firefighting operations continue in Texas

Airmen from California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing and Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing gather at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas to prepare for wildfire fighting operations, April 18, 2011. The Airmen maintain and operate the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) housed aboard a C-130 Hercules which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. The wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

Firefighting operations continue in Texas

Airmen from California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing and Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing gather at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas to prepare for wildfire fighting operations, April 18, 2011. The Airmen maintain and operate the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) housed aboard a C-130 Hercules which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. The wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)

AFRC commander visits unit

A C-130H delivers a powerful blast of water Nov. 12, 2008, during a modular airborne firefighting system demonstration in Lincoln County, Colo. Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., used the MAFFS demonstration as part of a close-up look at the wing by Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., AFRC commander. The general also met with Airmen in the wing for a question-and-answer session. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephen Collier)

AFRC commander sees 'MAFFS' first hand

A C-130H delivers a powerful blast of water Nov. 12 during a modular airborne firefighting system, or 'MAFFS' demonstration in Lincoln County, Colo. The demonstration was part of an up-close look of the 302nd Airlift Wing during a visit with Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephen Collier)