Frank Ruiz, MAFFS Air Tanker Base Manager, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, explains the role of the Modular Airborne Firefighting System in the efforts to control wildfires burning across Texas, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 21, 2011. MAFFS is housed aboard a C-130 Hercules and is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under 5 seconds. The wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.