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    AZARNG Aviation Partners with State, Federal Firefighters for Annual Training [Image 9 of 10]

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    AZARNG Aviation Partners with State, Federal Firefighters for Annual Training

    PICACHO, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES

    02.20.2021

    Photo by Sgt. Laura Bauer 

    123rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    Soldiers with the Arizona Army National Guard’s 2-285th Assault Helicopter Battalion and 2-149th General Support Aviation Battalion Medical Evacuation Detachment 1 pick up water from a nearby canal to drop on a mock fire line during a two-day firefighting exercise at Picacho Stagefield Heliport in Picacho, Ariz., Feb. 20, 2021. Approximately 50 AZARNG crews trained with “Bambi” helicopter buckets during a joint aerial firefighting exercise partnered with the Casa Grande, Avra Valley and Queen Valley Fire Departments, as well as the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management. “We try to treat this like a regular fire assignment. We do this exercise every year to train and certify them. We do this exercise every year so that we can bring them in for fires on federal and state land,” said Charles Turner an Aviation Manager with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.

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    Date Taken: 02.20.2021
    Date Posted: 02.21.2021 14:44
    Photo ID: 6527070
    VIRIN: 210220-Z-AA430-009
    Resolution: 4218x2683
    Size: 2.66 MB
    Location: PICACHO, ARIZONA, US

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