US Forest Service mobilizes more air tankers, MAFFS, to assist with wildfire suppression

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2012 -- The U.S. Forest Service is taking actions to continue to maintain adequate air tanker capability by mobilizing four Department of Defense C-130s equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems to assist with wildfire suppression efforts in Colorado and elsewhere in the Rocky Mountains and the Southwest.

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