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Three flight crews from the San Diego-based "Merlins" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 3 and the "Blackjacks" of HSC 21 provide firefighting support in response to wildfires at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu. The team dropped roughly 20,000 gallons of water using 360-gallon capacity precision helicopter firefighting Bambi buckets to help save vital areas of NBVC including portions of base housing. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chris Fahey, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 Public Affairs Officer supporting Commander, U.S. Third Fleet Public Affairs/RELEASED.)
| Date Taken: | 05.03.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 05.04.2013 10:49 |
| Photo ID: | 923299 |
| VIRIN: | 130503-N-VN372-419 |
| Resolution: | 2100x1500 |
| Size: | 1.07 MB |
| Location: | CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 70 |
| Downloads: | 10 |
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