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Air Force releases report on crash of MAFFS air tanker

MAFFS 7
MAFFS 7. Department of Defense photo

Today the US Air Force released the full report on the July 1, 2012 crash of MAFFS #7, a military C-130 operating as an air tanker on the White Draw Fire in South Dakota.

More details are at FireAviation.com HERE and HERE.

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