Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing test fired a Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) II April 22 at its Peterson AFB, Colo., base in preparation for the 2010 wildfire season. The wing has sent some 115 operations and maintenance airmen to South Carolina this week for the US Forest Service’s MAFFS certification week at the South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center in Greenville. (302nd AW report by SSgt. Stephen Collier)
F-35 Deliveries Resume After a Year on Hold
July 19, 2024
Lockheed Martin began delivering F-35s again on July 19, after a year of building the fighters and putting them directly into storage because their Tech Refresh 3 systems and software were not fully tested.