As the Rim Wildfire continues to rage in California, Air National Guard aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System or MAFFS have been diligently battling the blaze from the air.

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – On Thursday, U.S. Northern Command activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems and their personnel to support firefighting ...

CHEYENNE -- Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, and associated personnel were activated by U.S. Northern ...

Jaw-dropping scenes show the view from inside the cockpit of an airplane fighting the devastating Californian wildfires. A California Air National Guard (CA ANG) MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The demise of the only company that manufactured a device designed to spray fire retardant from the back of U.S. military C-130 cargo planes has some experts worried about the future ...