WAR (Joseph Siemandel) - National Guard Continues Washington Wildfire Support
National Guard aviation crews have flown 225 flight hours, dropping nearly 1.2 million gallons of water on fires across eastern and central Washington.
National Guard aviation crews have flown 225 flight hours, dropping nearly 1.2 million gallons of water on fires across eastern and central Washington.
Washington National Guardsmen accumulated 146.5 flight hours and dropped 1,181 buckets of water as wildfires spread across the state recently, working with state and local partners to protect communities, property and critical infrastructure.
Capt. Benjamin Foster, who has logged thousands of flight hours and deployed multiple times, took command of the Navy’s flagship base in Europe.