2022 年 6 月 5 日 00:20 UTC

作者：丹尼尔· 帕特拉斯库

人类的发展已经到了认为自己相当先进的地步，至少在技术上是这样。但即便如此，尽管我们尽了最大的努力，但有些事情我们仍然无法做到，或者无法有效地控制。

C-130J 超级大力神与 MAFFS

其中一项不可能完成的事情就是扑灭森林大火。自从地球上出现森林以来，这些大火就一直不断地发生，尽管我们尽了最大的努力，但它们的发生方式几乎相同：大火开始后，直到被烧毁才停止。

一架C-130J 超级大力神由加利福尼亚国民警卫队第 146 空运联队驾驶，上月底在爱达荷州博伊西附近的森林上空飞行时被拍摄下来。

这次飞行是 2022 年模块化机载消防系统 (MAFFS) 春季训练的一部分，旨在测试在即将到来的炎热夏季之前的准备。

MAFFS本质上是一个自给自足的灭火装置，将被装载到军用飞机上。

实质上是将军用飞机转变为空中消防飞机。一架MAFFS 包括可携带总共 2,700 加仑（10,000 升）阻燃剂、一个装有压缩空气的压力罐、控制模块和排放阀。

This C-130J Super Hercules Is Not Smoking, It Can Kill Fire From the Air

Jun 2022, 00:20 UTC

by Daniel Patrascu

We human beings have reached a point in our development where we can consider ourselves pretty advanced, at least technologically. But even so, there are things we still can’t do, or do effectively, despite our best efforts.

C-130J Super Hercules with MAFFS

One such impossible task seems to be fighting forest fires. These fires have been taking place ever since forests appeared on this planet, and even to this day, despite all our best efforts, they play out in pretty much the same way: they start, and don’t stop until they’ve burned their way through everything they can.

More recently, humans have started fighting back, and even if the results are most of the time disappointing, fires do tend to be a tad less fierce in some cases because of interventions being conducted. Especially when airborne firefighting planes are involved.

You see one of those in the main photo of this piece. It’s a C-130J Super Hercules flown by the California National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing, and was captured on film as it was moving over the forests near Boise, Idaho, at the end of last month.

The flight was part of the 2022 Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS) spring training, an exercise meant to test readiness ahead of what shapes up to be a hot summer ahead.

MAFFS is essentially a self-contained unit for fighting fires, which is to be loaded into military aircraft, which in turn are sent in support of non-military forces when they are overwhelmed by the raging infernos.

The unit essentially transforms military aircraft into aerial tankers that hold not fuel, but firefighting substances. A MAFFS comprises fire pressurized tanks, holding a total of 2,700 gallons (10,000 liters) of fire retardant, a pressure tank holding compressed air, control modules, and discharge valves.

Being palletized, MAFFS can be loaded in the cargo bay of the likes of the Super Hercules.

Editor's note: Gallery shows other Gallery shows other C-130s.

C-130J SUPER HERCULES MAFFS FIREFIGHTING PIC OF THE DAY