A C-130 Hercules from the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing equipped with the modular airborne firefighting system takes off from McClellan Airfield, Calif., on a firefighting support mission. The Connecticut Air National Guard’s 103rd Airlift Wing is slated to fly the C-130 as early as fiscal year 2013 following the passage of the FY13 NDAA. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Hector Garcia)