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Aircrews use a C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System to drop fire retardant on a section of the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs, Colo. June 26. Aircrews flying the MAFFS mission recently dropped the 2 millionth gallon of fire retardant for the season making it the third highest in MAFFS history for gallons dropped. In 1994 about 5 million gallons were dropped and in 2000 more than 2.1 million gallons were dropped.
290812-A-YG824-087.JPG Photo By: Tech. Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher, U.S. Air Force

Colorado Springs, CO - Aircrews use a C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System to drop fire retardant on a section of the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs, Colo. June 26. Aircrews flying the MAFFS mission recently dropped the 2 millionth gallon of fire retardant for the season making it the third highest in MAFFS history for gallons dropped. In 1994 about 5 million gallons were dropped and in 2000 more than 2.1 million gallons were dropped.


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