MAFFS now staging out of Cheyenne's 153rd Airlift Wing Published July 6, 2012 By Senior Airman Nicholas Carzis 146AW CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Members of 146th Airlift Wing (AW) moved MAFFS (Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems) operations from Colorado Springs, Colo. July 4, 2012, and are now staging flights out of Cheyenne, Wyo.; home of the 153rd AW. The U.S. Forest Service continues to head the battle on wildfires in the Rocky Mountain area with six MAFFS aircraft-two from the 146AW, two from the 153AW, and two from the 302nd Air Force Reserve Command staging from their home station at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs. MAFFS efforts have been focused on the Squirrel Creek fire about 70 miles west of Cheyenne. Since June 30 when MAFFS flights commenced, the 146th has performed 29 drops for a cumulative 78, 910 gallons of retardant dropped. Flights continue as weather and conditions permit upon the request of U.S. Forest Service. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Nicholas Carzis)
MAFFS now staging out of Cheyenne's 153rd Airlift Wing Published July 6, 2012 By Senior Airman Nicholas Carzis 146AW CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Members of 146th Airlift Wing (AW) moved MAFFS (Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems) operations from Colorado Springs, Colo. July 4, 2012, and are now staging flights out of Cheyenne, Wyo.; home of the 153rd AW. The U.S. Forest Service continues to head the battle on wildfires in the Rocky Mountain area with six MAFFS aircraft-two from the 146AW, two from the 153AW, and two from the 302nd Air Force Reserve Command staging from their home station at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs. MAFFS efforts have been focused on the Squirrel Creek fire about 70 miles west of Cheyenne. Since June 30 when MAFFS flights commenced, the 146th has performed 29 drops for a cumulative 78, 910 gallons of retardant dropped. Flights continue as weather and conditions permit upon the request of U.S. Forest Service. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Nicholas Carzis)