BY ORDER OF THE AFMAN 11-2C-130HV3 ADD B CL-1
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE 12 December 2019
Flying Operations
C-130H MAFFS
OPERATIONS PILOT CHECKLIST
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or
ordering on the e-Publishing website at www.e-Publishing.af.mil
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication
OPR: HQ AMC/A3V
Supersedes: AFMAN 11-2C-130HV3 ADD B CL-1
Date: 09 August 2018
Certified by: HQ USAF/A3T
(Maj Gen James A. Jacobson)
Number of Pages: 13
This checklist establishes procedures for employing the Modular Airborne Fire
Fighting System (MAFFS) on C-130H aircraft employed by Mobility Air Forces
(MAF) to accomplish their worldwide mission. This checklist complements
AFMAN 11- 2C-130HV3, Operations Procedures, and is printed on standard 8 ½”
x 11” bond paper, and trimmed to fit the standard plastic aircrew checklist binders.
This checklist is intended to provide MAFFS certified crewmembers quick reference
to procedures required for the safe execution of MAFFS ground and flight operations.
All MAFFS certified C-130H pilots will carry this annex. Refer recommended
changes and questions about this publication to the Office of Primary Responsibility
(OPR) using the AF FORM 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route
AF FORM 847 from the field through the appropriate chain of command.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Checklist Page
PART ONE – BRIEFING GUIDES ................................................. 2
MAFFS CREW COORDINATION… ............................................. 2
TANKER BASE PILOT ORIENTATION… ............................. 4
PART TWO – NORMAL PROCEDURES ...................................... 7
DROP PREPARATION CHECKLIST ........................................ 7
SLOWDOWN CHECKLIST ......................................................... 8
ONE MINUTE ADVISORY ..........................................................8
RELEASE POINT CHECKLIST ................................................. 9
COMPLETION OF DROP CHECKLIST ................................. 10
MAFFS WEIGHT TABLES ....................................................... 11
PART THREE – EMERGENCY PROCEDURES .........................12
EMERGENCY DROP ................................................................. 12
EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN ..................................................... 12
