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MAFFS (Modular Airborne Firefighting System) in C-130s at Boise for Training (April 2022)

The skies over Idaho were populated with eight busy C-130 Hercules transports April 25-29, 2022 as the aircraft converged on Gowen Field at Boise for annual Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) training. The US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, other federal wildland fire agencies and CAL FIRE conducted the effort. C-130s and crews came from the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing, the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing, and the Nevada Air National Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing. The training includes classroom sessions, flying and ground operations for Air Force aircrews, civilian lead plane pilots and support personnel from federal and state wildland fire agencies. The C-130 Hercules aircraft carry the Forest Service’s MAFFS tank system, which can drop up to 3,000 gallons of fire retardant in less than 10 seconds across a quarter-mile line. The system rolls into the back of the C-130 cargo compartment. The left side troop door is replaced with a door containing an aperture that seals around a protruding nozzle that expels the fire retardant under pressure. MAFFS aircraft can be activated to provide a critical surge capability when all commercial airtankers that are part of the national airtanker fleet are fully committed or not readily available. Water can be used for training and demonstration drops. In these images, watch for a temporary water reservoir set up on the Gowen Field ramp, allowing water to be pumped into a waiting C-130's MAFFS system. An air hose, routed along with the fluid hose, concurrently pressurizes the MAFFS system with air to properly expel the load. In the demonstration drop sequence, watch for the water plume to lose most of its forward speed as it nears the ground. This provides the best coverage for fire protection without propelling debris on impact. And it avoids a phenomenon called "shadowing" where retardant unevenly coats one side of vegetation more than the other. The C-130s flew to drop zones in nearby mountainous areas to practice fire tactics with lead planes. In the imagery, a Forest Service Super King Air lead plane uses puffs of smoke to tell the following C-130 crew where to begin and end the drop line. Aboard the C-130, the copilot has the release trigger while the pilot flies the airplane. A MAFFS crew, depending on C-130 variant, can also include a navigator plus flight engineer and loadmasters. You are watching the Airailimages Channel on YouTube. Please subscribe. Much of the imagery in this program is made by Airailimages; some is from the Department of Defense (DoD). The appearance of DoD visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.