| 146th Airlift Wing | |
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146th Airlift Wing emblem |
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| Active | (1946–present) |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Air Force/Air National Guard |
| Type | Airlift Wing |
| Role | Tactical Airlift, Fire Suppression, Med-Evac |
| Garrison/HQ | Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California |
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| Current commander |
Colonel Paul J. Hargrove |
The United States Air Force's 146th Airlift Wing is a unit located at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California.
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The 146th AW's primary mission is to provide global military airlift capability to a full spectrum of state and federal agencies. Flying the Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, the 146th has provided humanitarian relief in the aftermath of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and other disasters, in California, the United States and internationally.
The 146th is one of four C-130 ANG units whose contribution to the United States' aerial fire fighting capability includes equipment and techniques for efficient, effective suppression of large wildland fires from the air. Since 1974, using the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) units supplied by the US Forest Service and mounted in four C-130s, the wing’s aerial fire fighting crews have been credited with saving many lives and countless millions of dollars worth of structures, forests, and brush land in California and other states and countries.
MAFFS II was used for the first time on a fire in July 2010,[1] using the latest generation Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.[2] The 146th Airlift Wing was the first to transition to the MAFFS 2 system in 2008, and it remains the only unit flying the new system on the C-130J aircraft[3]
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
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