Shrink-wrapping legacy MAFFS unit
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. A boat storage technician contracted by the
U.S. Forest Service shrink wraps a U.S. Forest Service-owned Legacy Modular
Airborne Fire Fighting System Mar. 26 to prepare it for transport from
storage at the 302nd Airlift Wing here. The Legacy System was first used by
the 302nd Airlift Wing when the Colorado Reserve wing took on the MAFFS
mission in 1993. In 2009 the 302nd AW received two U.S. Forest Service MAFFS
II Systems, replacing the Legacy System. The MAFFS Legacy Systems were the first of their kind, built in the 1970s and were the first modular airborne fire
fighting equipment used by the DOD. The MAFFS Legacy System will be returned
to the U.S. Forest Service for its final disposition. (U.S. Air Force
photo/Master Sgt. Daniel Butterfield)