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Nevada Air Guard activated to help fight fires in West
June 25, 2021
Nevada Air National Guard's 152nd Airlift Wing C-130 sits on the ramp at CAL FIRE’s McClellan Reload Base, Calif., during Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training in June 2020. The aircrew practiced water drops in remote areas of the Tahoe National Forest and Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
152nd SFS Guardsmen maintain proficiency at shooting range
June 15, 2021
Staff Sgt. John Brown, 152nd Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructor, fires an M9 handgun during a live-fire training exercise at the Hawthorne Army Depot Freedom Range, Hawthorne, Nev., June 10, 2021. The instructors lead, manage, supervise and implement small arms weapons training programs.
Nevada Air Guard’s ‘Baby Doc’ a leader in pandemic battle
June 9, 2021
Nevada Air National Guard 1st Lt. Caleena Longworth with Joint Task Force 17 prepares a syringe with the Moderna vaccine at the Las Vegas Readiness Center, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Longworth has vaccinated 4,500 people.
152nd Airlift Wing, Navy conduct water survival training
June 7, 2021
Petty Officer 2nd Class Asher Ferguson, Naval Air Station Fallon Search and Rescue team crew chief, hoists an Airman from the 152nd Airlift Wing in Reno, Nev., out of the water at Lahontan Reservoir June 5, 2021. The 152nd Airlift Wing conducted joint water survival training with the NAS Fallon SAR team.
Partnerships forged during aerial firefighting training
May 7, 2021
C130-E Hercules aircraft from the 152nd Airlift Wing during MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) training at the San Bernardino Air Tanker Base, California. May 5, 2021.
High Rollers conduct Operation Chemical Blackjack exercise
April 8, 2021
Firefighters from the 152nd Civil Engineer Squadron use the jaws of life to open a car door during Operation Chemical Blackjack Mar. 7, 2021, at the Nevada Air National Guard base in Reno. The three-day exercise was designed to ensure Airmen are ready for chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) threats is presented.
MAFFS tackle largest wildfires in California history
October 30, 2020
About 150 feet above a tree line, a California Air National Guard C-130 aircraft releases 3,000 gallons of water, covering nearly a quarter mile, during aerial wild land firefighting training June 15-19, 2020, at the Tahoe National Forest.
Nevada Air Guard continues firefighting mission
October 2, 2020
Maj. Gen. Ondra L. Berry, adjutant general for Nevada, visited Airmen assigned to the 152nd Airlift Wing performing MAFFS missions supporting California firefighters at Sacramento McClellan Airport, California Aug. 31, 2020. Berry was accompanied by leadership from the Nevada Air National Guard and Nevada Army National Guard.
Nevada Air Guard helping to battle California wildfires
August 24, 2020
Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 planes, MAFFS 2, assigned to 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, and MAFFS 8, assigned to 152nd Airlift Wing, Reno, Nevada, are mission-ready at McClellan Airbase, Sacramento, California, July 31, 2020. The MAFFS units were activated to support wildfire suppression efforts in California.