Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SGT. JACQUELINE C. PARSONS / U.S. MARINE CORPS From atop an armored vehicle, a stinger missile is fired at a small unmanned ...

PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. – On Thursday, U.S. Northern Command activated eight C-130 aircraft equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems and their personnel to support firefighting ...

The Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems program was instituted in 1971 as a collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Defense. The MAFFS system can be installed inside C-130 ...

CHEYENNE – Three Wyoming Air National Guard C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, and associated personnel were activated Friday by U.S.

From atop an armored vehicle, a stinger missile is fired at a small unmanned aircraft during a training exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island. Above, the new Marine Air Defense ...

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii — Marines in Hawaii are testing out a new anti-­drone fighting system as they prepare for a deployment to the Western Pacific later this year as part of Marine ...