By Deidre Forster
Wyoming National Guard
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (6/25/12) - The Wyoming
Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing has been called in by the U.S. Forest Service
to assist with the response to the High Park wildfire near Colorado Springs,
Colo.
Two Wyoming Air Guard C-130 Hercules
aircraft and crews equipped with the Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire
Fighting System will arrive at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs,
Colo., where they will fly missions to suppress the ongoing wildfire.
The Wyoming Air National Guard is one of
four military units nationwide equipped with the MAFFS II, capable of
dispersing 3,000 gallons of fire retardant per load. Select aircrews from the
153rd Airlift Wing are certified annually, by the Forest Service, to fly the
aerial firefighting mission.
The Wyoming Air Guard began aerial
firefighting in 1975, with the original Modular Airborne Firefighting System.
The unit has fought fires throughout the U.S. and overseas, in Indonesia.
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