USNORTHCOM resumes wildfire suppression missions

Six Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting in the efforts to control fires in the Rocky Mountain region and western United States at the request of the

N.C. Air National Guard releases names of C-130 crash victims

Four airmen died and two others were seriously injured when a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 belonging to the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, based here, crashed Sunday evening while fighting a woodland fire in Southwestern South Dakota.Dead are Lt. Col.

Tinker Reservists to participate in Navy fleet exercise

Four 507th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft and more than 135 Air Force Reservists will join forces with the U.S. Navy during July to support a U.S. Pacific Fleet exercise.The exercise, called RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific), is a series of multinational maritime exercises scheduled to

MAFFS operations resume

Josh Turner headlines Reserve band's final Independence Day concert

American country music superstar Josh Turner and his The Tonkin' Honkies band got hands clapping and feet thumping at the this year's Independence Day concert in Warner Robins July 2.Turner's new album, "Punching Bag," was rated No. 1 on Billboard's Country Albums and No. 4 in Billboard 200 during

Air Force suspends C-130 firefighting operations

The military C-130 aircraft activated to assist with the Rocky Mountain region's firefighting efforts were stood down on July 2.The fleet spent the day to get the MAFFS crews together to "reflect, reset and review," said Col. Jerry Champlin, 153rd Air Expeditionary Group commander. "We all need to

MAFFS Equipped C-130 Crashes in South Dakota

At approximately 6 P.M. MDT July 1, a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System equipped C-130 aircraft supporting firefighting missions crashed in the southwest corner of South Dakota. The aircraft was supporting the efforts against the White Draw Fire.The cause of the crash is not known and the

Four MAFFS-equipped C-130s change staging location Monday

At the request of the U.S. Forest Service, four of the eight military C-130 aircraft, each equipped with that agency's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System will begin operating out of the Wyoming Air National Guard's base, in Cheyenne, Monday.Since June 25, MAFFS-equipped aircraft have been

Additional MAFFS aircraft arrive

Additional Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s arrived Peterson Air Force base today. The C-130s from the 146th Airlift Wing, Channel Islands, Calif. and the 145th Airlift Wing, Charlotte, N.C. will join the 302nd (Colo.) and 153rd (Wyo.) Airlift Wings in supporting the

Air Force activates entire fleet of firefighting C-130s for Colorado wildland blaze

Beginning Saturday, eight military C-130 aircraft, each equipped with the U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System will be operating out of Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., to assist with fire fighting efforts in the Rocky Mountain Region.Two MAFFS-equipped C-130s from the Wyoming