MAFFS drop. Screenshot from the video.The video below was posted today by AIRAILIMAGES. Here is their description:
Footage depicts Air National Guard C-130H Hercules transports fitted with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) making low passes and water drops during the 2019 training and recertification of MAFFS crews in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in May. Visible also is the U.S. Forest Service’s new King Air 250 lead plane, flying ahead of a C-130 from the Nevada Air National Guard 152nd Airlift Wing. An OV-10 Bronco later leads a C-130 from the Wyoming Air National Guard 153rd Airlift Wing. Listen for thunder in the mountains as the Wyoming ANG flies. Several military C-130 units are MAFFS-qualified to assist in wildfire containment during peak fire season when civilian air tanker assets are heavily tasked. The MAFFS system can be installed in a standard C-130 when needed.
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Don’t forget that one of the military units is an Air Force Reserve unit, not Air National Guard. Great bunch of folks.
The new USFS King Air 250GT isn’t actually in the video. The new lead plane has BGR winglets, the leadplane in the video doesn’t, it’s a contract ship.
Is MAFFS available for the C130 -J model?
I read it’s only for the -E & -H models only.
The MAFFS II system is fully compatible with the J model C-130 with a conversion kit. The side brackets on the center pallet of the MAFFS II system gets changed out so that the system rests on the more outboard rollers of the C-130J. The vent tube that exits out the top of the paratroop door is different and the flexible bellows that seals the door to the big nozzle that sticks out the door is different. Conversion of the MAFFS II system from a C-130 H to a C-130J configuration takes about a day.
We currently have two J models being used for maffs operations. They are located in California.
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