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A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 624th Civil Engineering Squadron gives critical instructions while directing teammates during a live firefighting exercise in Kahului, Maui, Sept. 8, 2024.

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MAFFS units conduct annual certification

A 302nd Airlift Wing C-130 performs water drop training in southern California on Tuesday, May 3, 2016. The training was conducted at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif., for the mission’s annual certification. Since 1974, MAFFS — a fire retardant delivery system inserted into C-130 aircraft — has been a joint effort including the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Defense to fight wildland fires. The training ends Friday.

PHOTO BY: Tech. Sgt. Emerson Marcus
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