MAFFS to New Mexico
Col. James Van Housen, maintenance group commander for the 302nd Airlift Wing talks with Colorado Springs media after two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s departed here for Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The two planes and 26 reservists will assist in wildland fire-fighting efforts in New Mexico and Arizona. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Daniel Butterfield)