Nevada Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Audrey Williams, a soldier with the 2/238th Aviation unit, captured footage of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter executing a crucial water bucket drop to combat the #DavisFire Washoe Valley, Nevada.
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- Five Black Hawks from National Guard units in Nevada, Oregon and California depart to assist firefighting efforts over #CaldorFire.
00:00 - Nevada Army Guard Aviators supporting firefighting efforts yesterday over Caldor Fire southwest of Lake Tahoe. #BattleBorn #BattleReady
00:00 - The Nevada National Guard is on the ground supporting local law enforcement for the New Year’s Eve celebration in Las Vegas.
- Sad day in Nevada Guard as SFC Charleston Hatfield confirmed as one of the victims in the Las Vegas shooting incident #nvnationalguard
- More video from today on the #CaldorFire. Nevada Army Guard Aviators are doing amazing work to save life and property. #BattleBorn #BattleReady
00:00 - The Nevada Army Guard is working aerial firefighting today over the Caldor Fire southwest of Lake Tahoe with aircrew operating one UH-60 Black Hawk and one CH-47 Chinook.
00:00 - Two Nevada Army Guard UH-60 Black Hawks are currently working the #DavisFire with one CH-47 Chinook. Handcrews are working today out of a location on Mount Rose Highway. Photos courtesy Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Nevada Guard firefighters.
- The Nevada National Guard has been called to assist @NevadaForestry and overall firefighting efforts at the #DavisFire. The initial request is for handcrews and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when aerial firefighting resumes Sunday morning.
- AIR ASSAULT ON CALDOR FIRE: @NVNationalGuard deploying 2 helicopters and crews to Caldor Fire this morning: 1xBlack Hawk and 1xChinook: about 20 Soldiers including ground support personnel. They will join 13 aircraft already at the blaze near Placerville, Ca. #CaldorFire
- PHOTO: Nevada Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter works the #DavisFire this afternoon in Washoe Valley, Nevada. Photo courtesy @NevadaForestry
- From pickup to drop: watch how Nevada Army Guard Aviators fight wildfires from a Black Hawk helicopter. #DixieFire
00:00 - .@JosephMLombardo has activated 50 MP/Transportation soldiers and military vehicles on state active duty orders for road closures and safeguarding efforts of neighborhoods affected by the #DavisFire. Aerial firefighters and handcrews remain activated.
