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Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard C-130 crews equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System, or MAFFS, conducted more than 980 airdrops, releasing more than 1.3 million gallons of fire retardant on the more than 2,000 wildfires that ravaged California in late June and July. The 302nd Air Expeditionary Group was the military unit formed to fight fires with the US Forest Service. The 302nd AEG included three Air National Guard C-130 units-the 145th Airlift Wing from Charlotte, North Carolina; the 146th AW from Channel Islands ANGB, California; and the 153rd AW from Cheyenne, Wyoming. It also included one Air Force Reserve Command Hercules unit, the 302nd AW at Peterson AFB, Colorado.
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