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A C-130H Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., drops water May 2, 2007, at the Albuquerque (N.M.) Air Tanker Base during annual Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training. C-130 aircrews from the Air Force Reserve Command unit and three Air National Guard units trained with MAFFS delivery system in preparation for the 2007 wild fire season. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza)
Master Sgt. Tracey White from the 302nd Maintenance Squadron drags a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System hose to a waiting 302nd Airlift Wing C-130 on May 1, 2007, to charge the aircraft's MAFFS tanks with water and air. C-130 aircrews from the Air Force Reserve Command unit based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., and Air National Guard units trained at the U.S. Forest Service's Albuquerque Air Tanker Base in New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza)
Maj. Mark Steward, left, speaks with Maj. Robert Fairbanks and Lt. Col. Gary Carlton as C-130s are prepared to fly Modular Airborne Fire Figthing System training missions over New Mexico. These C-130 aircrew members from Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., as well as other Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve crew members trained at the U.S. Forest Service's Albuquerque Air Tanker Base in New Mexico. (U..S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza)
A C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., drops water over New Mexico during annual Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training at the U.S. Forest Service's Albuquerque Air Tanker Base in New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza)
A C-130 from the 731st Airlift Squadron, 302nd Air Wing out of Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., clears a ridge line after taking off May 1, 2007, from Kirtland AFB, N.M., during Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training at the U.S. Forest Service's Albuquerque Air Tanker Base in New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza)
A CV-22 Osprey from the 58th Special Operations Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., flies over a C-130 from the 302nd Airlift Wing and the U.S. Forest Service's Albuquerque Air Tanker Base as C-130 aircrews from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command began arriving April 30, 2007, for Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training at the air tanker base in New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza)
From left, Master Sgt. Tim McWilliams, Senior Master Sgt. Jim Rucker and Senior Master Sgt. Dave Carey, all flight engineers from the 731st Airlift Squadron, 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., finish a day of training. C-130 aircrews from the Air Force Reserve Command unit and Air National Guard units began arriving April 30, 2007, for the first day of Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training at the U.S. Forest Service's Albuquerque Air Tanker Base in New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Sforza)