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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tom Brown, a Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) mission commander, shows one of the areas where wildfires are burning while he explains the Air National Guard’s involvement in firefighting operations at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 19, 2011. Airmen from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing, the North Carolina Air National Guard’s 145th Airlift Wing and the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing maintain and operate the MAFFS housed aboard Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft. The MAFFS is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris)
