Photos from the helibase at Columbia, Calif., to the action around Yosemite National Park: UH-60 Black Hawks from the California Army National Guard's 1-140th Aviation Battalion (Air Assault), based out of Los Alamitos, and HH-60 Pave Hawks from the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing, based in Mountain View, drop water from a Bambi Bucket on the Rim fire in the Stanislaus National Forest near Yosemite, Aug. 21, 2013. The photographer was in a UH-60 piloted by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Rob Metoyer, co-pilot Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mike Marion, and crew chief, Spc. Gregory Davis, who are assigned to the 1-140th and had Cal Fire Military Helicopter Manager Battalion Chief Scott Watson and Capt. Brad Loven on board calling the drops. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jesse Flagg/Released)
Sgt. 1st Class Jesse Flagg
Taken on 21 August 2013
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