Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS)
Dept. of Defense – Air Force
Wildfire-Specific Spending: Yes
Wildfire Activities Funded: “Response”
Not Available
TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS (IN MIL)
Description
The Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) program, established in the 1970s, provides Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units flying in military C-130 aircraft equipped as airtankers to support wildland fire suppression activities. The U.S. Forest Service owns the MAFFS equipment and supplies the fire retardant, while the Department of Defense provides the aircraft, flight crews, and maintenance and support personnel.Appropriations
| Regular | Supplemental | IIJA | IRA | |
| FY2015 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2016 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2017 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2018 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2019 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2020 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2021 | Not Available | 0 | — | — |
| FY2022 | Not Available | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | Not Available | 0 | 0 | |
| FY2024 | Not Available | 0 | 0 | |
| FY2025 | Not Available | 0 | ||
| FY2026 | Not Available | 0 |
Last Updated: March 20, 2026
Received Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Funding: No
Received Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding: No