The Warhorses deployed three aircraft and 40 Marines to Naval Air Station Lemoore on July 2 , 2008 after California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger requested military assistance to fight raging wildfires . The helicopters provided heavy lift rotary wing support to United States Northern Command and the National Fire Center . After nearly two weeks , where they dropped more than 68,000 gallons of water on the Basin Complex Fire in Big Sur , the squadron 's detachment of three helicopters and 30 Marines was moved to McClellan Airfield near Sacramento to aid fire fighters with a wildfire burning in Mendocino County
raging wildfires
2008 California wildfires
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