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The Disease Detectives

Col. Theresa Goodman, USAFSAM commander
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Medical laboratory technicians sort human biological samples at the Epidemiology Lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 20, 2016. The lab receives samples for testing from Air Force bases across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)
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Chino Valley firefighters watch the oncoming flames of the Thomas Fire from the yard of a home in Montecito, California, Dec. 12, 2017. C-130Js of the 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, carried the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System and dropped fire suppression chemicals onto the fire's path to slow its advance in support of firefighters on the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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Chino Valley firefighters watch the oncoming flames of the Thomas Fire from the yard of a home in Montecito, California, Dec. 12, 2017. C-130Js of the 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, carried the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System and dropped fire suppression chemicals onto the fire's path to slow its advance in support of firefighters on the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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A bulldozer clears away foliage to form a fire-break on a ridge in the Los Padres National Forest above Santa Barbara, California, Dec. 11, 2017. C-130Js of the 146th Airlift Wing later dropped fire retardant chemicals along these fire-breaks to further slow the advance of the Thomas Fire, a large wildfire burning through Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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A computer display at the 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, shows the position of aircraft performing aerial firefighting operations to combat the Thomas Fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, Dec. 10, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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A bulldozer clears away foliage to form a fire-break on a ridge in the Los Padres National Forest above Santa Barbara, California, Dec. 11, 2017. C-130Js of the 146th California Air National Guard Airlift Wing dropped fire retardant chemicals along these fire-breaks to further slow the advance of the Thomas Fire, a large wildfire burning through Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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A Cal Fire crew of prison inmates rests after clearing a fire break on a ridge above Santa Barbara, California, Dec. 11, 2017. Inmate crews and bulldozers dug up foliage along ridge lines in the Los Padres National Forest and C-130Js of the 146th California Air National Guard dropped fire retardant chemicals to slow the advance of the Thomas Fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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The Thomas Fire, named for the fire's point of origin near St. Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California, burns on a ridgeline in Santa Barbara County, Dec. 10, 2017. The fire, initially fanned by 80-mph Santa Ana winds, quickly spread across the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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Ground personnel offload fire retardant chemicals on the flightline of the 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, Dec. 10, 2017. Numerous flatbed tractor-trailers arrived each day with the dry chemicals which crews mixed with water and then pumped into the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems carried by the C-130Js. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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Firefighters assemble before performing a controlled burn to starve the Thomas Fire of fuel, Dec. 10, 2017. Fire crews on the ground dig firebreaks and then call in aircraft, such as the C-130Js of the 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, to drop fire suppression chemicals across the path of wildfires. If winds are calm enough, the firefighters will then burn away foliage in the fire's path to starve it of fuel and stop its advance. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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Cal Fire coordinators and the 146th Airlift Wing mission commander, left, work in concert to deploy C-130Js on fire suppression sorties at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, Dec. 10, 2017. The aircraft carry the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to drop fire suppression chemicals across the path of the Thomas Fire burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties in order to slow and contain the massive wildfire. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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A pilot's hat, along with a tablet and paper map of the Thomas Fire, rests on a table as Cal Fire coordinators and members of the 146th Airlift Wing brief pilots and crews at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, Dec. 10, 2017. The wing's C-130Js carry the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to drop fire suppression chemicals across the path of the massive wildfire burning across Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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Cal Fire coordinators and the 146th Airlift Wing mission commander brief C-130J pilots and crews at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, Dec. 10, 2017, for aerial operations to contain the Thomas Fire burning across Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. The aircraft carry the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System to drop fire suppression chemicals across the path of the wildfire to slow and contain the flames. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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Technicians perform repairs on a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) in the cargo bay of a C-130J of the 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, Dec. 9, 2017. The MAFFS units, which are owned by the U.S. Forestry Service, can be loaded and made ready for operations in about three hours. A mixture of water and fire-retardant chemicals is deployed through a nozzle attached to an orange door the replaces the paratroop door on the C-130J. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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A fuels technician runs a pump fueling a C-130J of the 146th Airlift Wing on the flightline at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, Dec. 9, 2017. It takes just 15-20 minutes to pump a mixture of dry chemicals and water into the storage tank of the MAFFS unit, which is loaded in the cargo bay, and launch the aircraft on another fire-fighting sortie. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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A C-130J of the 146th Airlift Wing, which carries the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), prepares to taxi for takeoff after being reloaded with flame retardant chemicals at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, Dec. 9, 2017.(U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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A C-130J of the 146th Airlift Wing, which carries the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), returns to Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, after dropping flame retardant chemicals on the Thomas Fire burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, Dec. 9, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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A C-130J of the 146th Airlift Wing, which carries the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS), taxis for takeoff after being reloaded with flame retardant chemicals at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, Dec. 9, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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Two C-130Js of the 146th Airlift Wing, which carry the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, are reloaded with flame retardant chemicals at Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, California, in preparation for operations to contain the Thomas wildfire burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, Dec. 9, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
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