A U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules from North Carolina Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Squadron takes off from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in order to fight wildfires raging across the state, April 19. 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 5 seconds. The wildfires have spread across various parts of Texas and have burned more than 1,000 square miles of land.