Two military C-130 aircraft from the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing sit on the ramp at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport here shortly after arriving July 3, 2013. These airplanes and two from the 302nd Airlift Wing, U.S. Air Force Reserve Command, were ordered moved from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., where they had been fighting fires since June 11, to Mesa by planners at the Boise, Idaho-based National Interagency Fire Center. MAFFS is a self-contained aerial fire fighting system owned by the U.S. Forest Service. MAFFS modules are loaded into the cargo bays of military C-130 aircraft. Following USFS lead planes, military aircrews using MAFFS can discharge 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in order to check the advance of a forest fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Becker/Released)
Staff Sgt. Jared Becker
Taken on 3 July 2013
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