Fighting Wildfires From Above

A U.S Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 466, lowers a helicopter bucket into a lake during the Wildland Fire Fighting Exercise at MCB Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 30th, 2015. The exercise maintained the ability of HMH-466 to fight wildfires.

161031-M-ZZ999-1004.JPG Photo By: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jeremy L. Laboy/ Realeased

Oct 31, 2016

Camp Pendleton - A U.S Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 466, lowers a helicopter bucket into a lake during the Wildland Fire Fighting Exercise at MCB Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 30th, 2015. The exercise maintained the ability of HMH-466 to fight wildfires.

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