Staff Sgt. Sylvia Garcia, with the California Air National Guard's 146th Aerial Port Squadron, and Paul Wivert, a modular airborne firefighting systems mechanic, control the compressor to push air through a loading hose to force fire retardant into the MAFFS on a C-130 Hercules supporting the 302nd MAFFS fire retardant reload operations at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Lisa Citino)