Here is some footage of the wildland fire buring out of control near Yosemite. This video gives you an inside look at what is occurring in the cockpit of firefighting air tankers over the Rim Fire in Tuolumne County. These pilots fly low level in difficult conditions and contend with an overwhelming amount of radio traffic. The Modular Airborne FireFighting System or MAFFS is a self-contained unit used for aerial firefighting that can be loaded onto a C-130 Hercules, a military cargo transport, which then allows the aircraft to be used as an air tanker against wildfires. This allows the U.S. Forest Service to utilize military aircraft from the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve to serve as an emergency backup resource to the civilian air tanker fleet. youtube/watch?v=Rn29zSPVau4&feature=youtu.be
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:38:36 +0000
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