Showing posts with label colorado fires. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colorado fires. Show all posts

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Gov Brown sends Nat'l Guard to fight fire in Colorado

6-30-12
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. directed the California National Guard to provide specialized firefighting aircraft to help the State of Colorado combat its devastating wildfires.

Two C-130J airplanes from California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing in Port Hueneme are scheduled to depart Channel Islands Air National Guard Station on Saturday morning. The C-130J aircraft are equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System II (MAFFS II). Approximately 30 crewmembers will accompany the planes.