Wild fires in Texas
An Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., equipped with a U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, flies toward a wildfire west of Austin, Texas, April 17. Six MAFFS C-130s, deployed by U.S. Northern Command to Texas, have conducted several aerial firefighting missions over that state's fires in the past two days. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ)