# @airmanmagazine on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DExfHoPxYHt
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34125809-airmanmagazine-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-01-13T16:54:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Airman Magazine (@airmanmagazine) — https://gondola.cc/airmanmagazine

## Caption

Airmen assigned to wyomingairguard’s 153rd Airlift Wing load and install a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, on to a C-130H Hercules aircraft in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Jan. 10, 2025. 

usnortherncmd activated three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with MAFFS and associated personnel to assist firefighting efforts in California. MAFFS, developed by the u.s.forestservice, are portable fire-retardant delivery systems that convert C-130s into airtankers, capable of releasing up to 3,000 gallons of retardant in under five seconds.

📷 Staff Sgt. Zachary Herold
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#airman #airmen #airforce #usaf #airnationalguard #maffs #firefighting #firefighters #california #californiafires #c130 #c130hercules

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## Tags

maffs, californiafires, usaf, airnationalguard, firefighting, airman, airforce, c130hercules, california, c130, firefighters, airmen

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