C 130 maff crashes

[jgang]

I'm fairly certain that Herc that crashed had dropped on the Oil Creek Fire in Wyoming in the days before it went down. I remember hearing that it it had gone down and knew my place was probably going to burn without that HAT support. My ranch represented the far eastern border of that fire. It was bad enough and heart breaking to hear that it went down and that lives were lost, but even moreso because we knew that that firefighting capability could have made a difference in keeping many acres from burning across the region.

[Hoser]

It was not MAFFS 7 that worked the Oil Creek Fire. MAFFS 4, 6, 7 and 8 arrived at Peterson AFB on Saturday late afternoon. Their first day of flying was Sunday 01 July. MAFFS 7 crashed at 1738 hrs that same day.

The MAFFS support that worked your fire was 2 and 5 and possibly 1 and 3 also. If I remember correctly, it started along a road from a cigarette or car fire.

I'm fairly certain that Herc that crashed had dropped on the Oil Creek Fire in Wyoming in the days before it went down. I remember hearing that it it had gone down and knew my place was probably going to burn without that HAT support. My ranch represented the far eastern border of that fire. It was bad enough and heart breaking to hear that it went down and that lives were lost, but even moreso because we knew that that firefighting capability could have made a difference in keeping many acres from burning across the region.

[SA Friday]

Dude! A million gallons... That's some serious hours and serious sorties. I doubt most can even fathom what entails drop numbers like that. Having lived a prior life as a Air Cargo weenie before my transition to OSI, I have a detailed understanding of what that overlooked sentence means. All in the military in some way or another try to leave our mark in this world. If we didn't, we probably would never have joined. These are life defining numbers. They make a difference. Nobody can every take that away from you.

[BPTactical]

Well it was a very painful and a very long firefighting season. The 2nd longest Military mobilization of MAFFS. Only the 1994 fire season went longer.

2012 was the first time MAFFS experienced any type of serious accident. The Military (4 total Squadrons and 8 aircraft) has operated MAFFS since the early 70s.

The MAFFS 7 crash outside Edgemont South Dakota claimed 4 lives. Pilot, Co-Pilot, Navigator and Flight Engineer. The two Loadmasters survived. After seeing the wreckage, I have no clue how they lived. The final report was released last week.

Now that Thanksgiving (what we consider the end of the Firefighting season) has come and gone, here is a look at what we did.

915 Sorties 877.5 flying hours 1008 drops 2,720,194 gallons

Somewhere late July or early Aug I dropped my 1,000,000 millionth gallon of red goop.

So many thanks to you and your crews, both in the air and ground support Hoser.
May those affected by those lost find peace and solace knowing they gave their all helping others.


Your quite the Goop slinger!

[jgang]

It was not MAFFS 7 that worked the Oil Creek Fire. MAFFS 4, 6, 7 and 8 arrived at Peterson AFB on Saturday late afternoon. Their first day of flying was Sunday 01 July. MAFFS 7 crashed at 1738 hrs that same day.

The MAFFS support that worked your fire was 2 and 5 and possibly 1 and 3 also. If I remember correctly, it started along a road from a cigarette or car fire.

Thanks Hoser. I knew there were a couple of them in the area...didn't know there were that many though. Kudos to you guys for getting in close and laying down the slurry....dangerous work.

[ColoWyo]

Thanks for all the work you guys do Hoser. I know it's a hard and dangerous job. Stay safe man.

[Hoser]

This is the video that was shown at the Memorial in July. I forgot to post it.