Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units can install a Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) in a C-130 in a few hours when a surge capacity of air tankers is needed. But rarely do you see a MAFFS aircraft in the eastern United States.

I was surprised when I ran across the photo below of a MAFFS air tanker at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, D.C.

Firefighting C-130 of @302AirliftWing at Andrews today, displaying unique @AirForceReserve airpower @AviationWeek pic.twitter.com/kD3KtS0qWG

— James Drew (@JamesDrewNews) June 28, 2016

The 302nd Airlift Wing (Air Force Reserve) at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs sent one of their C-130s outfitted with a MAFFS unit to the Air Force Reserve Command’s ‪‎C-130 Special Mission‬ fly-in at JB Andrews on Wednesday.

Thanks and a tip of the hat go out to Frank.