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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)


MAFFS training

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)

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