{"id":171675,"date":"2025-01-31T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/maffs-turns-military-transports-into-aerial-firefighters\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T18:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T08:00:16","slug":"how-maffs-turns-military-transports-into-aerial-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=171675","title":{"rendered":"How MAFFS Turns Military Transports Into Aerial Firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maffs.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" >MAFFS, or Modular Aerial Fire Fighting Systems<\/a>, transforms a military transport into an aerial firefighter. In an interview with Simple Flying, David Sarnoff, the Executive Director for the MAFFS program, kindly made time to explain how the MAFFS magic happens. 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