After almost a month, flying 242 sorties and dropping over 609,000 gallons of retardant on fires in the southwest, the military C-130 Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped aircraft have concluded their assignment, due at least in part to the monsoons returning to the area. Four were activated on June 15 and dropped over a half million gallons of retardant until two were released on July 7. The remaining two continued working out of Albuquerque, NM until their assignment ended on July 13.