Airmen from California Air National Guard's 115th Airlift Squadron, conduct pre-flight checks aboard a C-130J Hercules during firefighting operations at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 22, 2011. The C-130 is equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System which is capable of dispensing 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in under five seconds. Wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.