C-130s next week

[Mtneer]

FYI


Next week, residents and visitors near Jeffco Airtanker Base, southern Wyoming, and along the Front Range of Colorado may see low-flying C-130 aircraft and interagency lead planes. Members of the Air Force Reserve?s 302nd Airlift Wing and Wyoming Air National Guard?s 153rd Airlift Wing will be hosting a yearly aerial wildland firefighting training and certification. Training drops, consisting of water only, will be executed on the Arapaho and Roosevelt, Medicine Bow, and Pike-San Isabel National Forests.

WHAT: Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) certification training

WHO: USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region
302nd Airlift Wing (AFRES) Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.
153rd Airlift Wing (ANG), Cheyenne, Wyo.
Other fire partners

WHEN: Tuesday-Thursday, May 11-14, flight operations; Saturday-Sunday, May 15-16, make-up/additional training days if needed.

WHERE: Potential drop zones on Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, Medicine Bow, and Pike and San Isabel National Forests




Green Mountain:
This site is located on the Laramie Ranger District of the Medicine Bow National Forest. The site is within the Pole Mountain Management Unit, 14 miles southeast of Laramie, WY, and a mile east of the intersection of Blair Wallis Road and Forest Service Road 707.




Sheep Mountain:

This site is located on the Canyon Lake Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest in Larimer County. The site is 7 miles east of Red Feather Lakes, 3.5 miles north of County Road 74E, and southwest of Stuart Hole and east of the Cherokee Park Wildlife Area.



South Bald Mountain:

This site is located on the Canyon Lake Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest in Larimer County, 4.5 miles southwest of Red Feather, 3 miles northeast of Kinikinik and CO Hwy 14. South Bald Mountain is off of Forest Road 517A.



Rock Creek:

This site is located on the Boulder Ranger District of the Roosevelt National Forest in Boulder County, 1.4 miles south of Allenspark, west of the Bunce School Road and east County Road 107, approximately 1.5 miles west of Ironclad Climbing Area.

5. Farnum Mountain:
This site is located on the South Park Road of the Pike National Forest, approximately 5 miles southeast of Tarryall Reservoir in the Schoolmarm Mountain area of Park county, 20 miles North of Wilkerson Pass on Highway 24 and 40 miles west of Colorado Springs, CO.



Hackett Mountain:

This site is located in the far northwestern corner of Teller County on the Pike National Forest, near the border of Park, Douglas and Jefferson counties, situated approximately 15 miles northeast of Lake George and 25 miles northwest of Colorado Springs, CO.



39 Mile Mountain:

This site is located on the Pike National Forest in Park County approximately 15 miles south of Eleven Mile Reservoir, 10 miles north of the town of Guffey, 8 miles east of Currant Creek Pass on Highway 9, and 40 miles due west of Colorado Springs, CO.

8. South Hardscrabble Mountain:
This site is located 15 miles south of Florence, CO on the San Carlos District of the San Isabel National Forest, on the northern slope of the Wet Mountains.

[buffalobo]

Look for the big orange 2 and wave to Hoser.

[sbgixxer]

Great thorough information, thanks for posting.

[Hoser]

Look for the big orange 2 and wave to Hoser.

Use all your fingers.

[flogger]

Very cool, might need to drive by there next week.

[Hummer]

Look for the big orange 2 and wave to Hoser.


Use all your fingers.


We'll be watching. If you see me waving, count my fingers. [Wave]

[Hoser]

Hopefully it will be a calm year and no one will take more of these pictures. I cant remember what fire this was, but pretty sure it was central CA in August or Sept.

https://i.imgur.com/40kiAxT.jpg

[Hummer]

Dramatic image of the work you do, Hoser. If you can PM me about when you'll be flying over I'll make a good effort to get better photographs.

[BPTactical]

Hopefully it will be a calm year and no one will take more of these pictures. I cant remember what fire this was, but pretty sure it was central CA in August or Sept.

https://i.imgur.com/40kiAxT.jpg


Something something Angels on your shoulder.

[Aloha_Shooter]

@Hoser, I do hope you have less work to do this year. I'm very anxious about this summer given how dry the winter has been. Here's hoping we get some serious monsoon rains ...

[WillysWagon]

Hope you have an easy season Hoser !!

[Hummer]

I wonder how the continuing snowy and cloudy weather will affect the flight training schedule. We have 7 inches of fresh snow today and it's still coming down.

Hoser needs to drop more water on our mountains. The South Platte River drainage is now at 102% of normal water, but the Colorado River is only at 62%, which portends a very serious water shortage for western Colorado.

[Hoser]

Flying today is a CNX. We will be up in the area Wed-Fri and maybe Sat.

[sbgixxer]

I saw an orange #3 today coming out of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield today. Flew almost over my house headed Northwest. Seemed pretty quiet for how big a plane it is.

[buffalobo]

Hoser, think you can talk them into practice prairie fire suppression and make a run over southwest Morgan county? Mrs bo volunteered to mow a bullseye target in the hay field.[emoji41]

[wyome]

#2 just went over my house in Castle Rock...I waved

[JethroBodine]

I saw one tonight but couldn't see what number was on the side. Pretty cool!

[Mtneer]

if you go to Flightradar24.com, you can see the flights in action. At the moment, MAFFS05 is heading up to Ft Collins and MAFFS03 is returning to Broomfield.

[hollohas]

Been fly-bys directly over my house this morning. One super low heading south and then again nice and low cooking it back north.

Couple others a bit higher up.

Kids thought the fast low one heading north was amazing.

[USMC88-93]

For those of you with a social media account on Facebook, here is a DOD (Department of Defense video) posted regarding the training. I would guess the link might work even if you do not have a FB account.
https://fb.watch/5A8FdnhoGz/