Stock Photo Description: Stock photo of water flowing into a container prior to U.S. Air Force airmen transferring the container to a Modular Airborne Firefighting System onboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Tucson, Ariz., during training on May 7, 2009. The aircraft is operated by Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units for the U.S. Forest Service. The units, from Colorado, California, North Carolina and Wyoming, comprise the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group, which is part of a unified military support effort led by U.S. Northern Command that provides assistance to the U.S. Forest Service, state and local agencies and the National Interagency Fire Center to battle wildfires throughout the nation. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Daniel Beaudreau, U.S. Air Force. Stock photography by Department of Defense Public Domain.
