Feds call Nevada Air Guard C-130 to battle wildfires

By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal

With wildfires raging throughout the western U.S. a Reno-based National Guard unit will join the firefighting effort.

The deployment of a specially equipped Nevada Air National Guard C-130 comes at the request of the U.S. Forest Service.

The aircraft is equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems, referred to as MAFFS, and will be based in Fresno during the deployment.