On the ground and in the air, DOD personnel from multiple units helped battle devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area this week, working closely with federal, state and local partners. Read it here: https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/4030101/service-members-answer-the-call-in-california
Read Here: https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/wyoming-air-national-guard-on-standby-to-assist-firefighters-in-california/article_0e90dbd8-d51d-11ef-83ba-5b31cf200171.html
LOS ANGELES — Army Sgt. Ricardo Hernandez watched from a cross street as sporadic traffic passed on the Pacific Coast Highway near Pacific Palisades. The late afternoon sun glinted off his sunglasses as a man on a bicycle rode up to…
U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules over the Hughes Fire in Castaic, California, Jan. 22, 2025. All 8…
U.S. Air National Guard Maj. John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) equipped C-130J Super Hercules over the Hughes Fire in Castaic, California, Jan. 22, 2025. See Here:…
Story by Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford 1st Combat Camera Squadron LOS ANGELES, Calif. – U.S. Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve aircrew and aircraft equipped with modular airborne firefighting systems are working alongside U.S. Forest Service, California Fire Departments…
See Here: https://www.302aw.afrc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4035342/afrc-responds-to-the-pacific-palisades-fires
Read Here: https://www.army.mil/article/282635/national_guard_continues_la_wildfire_response
See Here: https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/watch-cockpit-footage-from-military-aircraft-battling-california-wildfires/161370.article
