4/19/2011 - LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shane Sturgeon fills up a C-130 Hercules' Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System unit with fire retardant before it departs April 17 to support the aerial fire fighting missions to supress the wildfires in Texas. Sergeant Sturgeon is an Air Force Reserve maintainer assigned to the 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron stationed at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)
4/19/2011 - LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - An Air Force Reserve C-130 from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., equipped with a U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System flies toward a wildfire west of Austin, Texas, April 17. Six MAFFS C-130s, deployed by U.S. Northern Command to Texas, have conducted several aerial firefighting missions over that state's fires in the past two days. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)
4/19/2011 - LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - An Air Force Reserve C-130 equipped with a U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System departs April 17 to fight a wildfire in a neighborhood in Austin, Texas, April 17. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft fitted with MAFFS to support the battle against ongoing wildfires in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)
4/19/2011 - LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - A lead plane from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service guides an Air Force Reserve C-130 from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., toward a wildfire west of Austin, Texas, April 17. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft equipped with the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to support the fight against ongoing wildfires in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)
4/19/2011 - LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - A wildfire burns land near Austin, Texas, April 17, 2011. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft fitted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems to support the fight against ongoing wildfires. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)
4/19/2011 - LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - A wildfire burns land near Austin, Texas, April 17, 2011. U.S. Northern Command has deployed six C-130 aircraft fitted with the U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to Texas to support the fight against ongoing wildfires. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)
