An Airmen from the Louisiana Air National Guard assists local authorities with evacuating residents of Braithwaite, La., in Plaquemines Parish as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall, Aug. 29, 2012. Louisiana Guard members were in place prior to Isaac making landfall and have been assisting local authorities with safety and security throughout the area. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Lance Cagnolatti)
Date: 8/29/2012

An Airmen from the Louisiana Air National Guard assists local authorities with evacuating residents of Braithwaite, La., in Plaquemines Parish as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall, Aug. 29, 2012. Louisiana Guard members were in place prior to Isaac making landfall and have been assisting local authorities with safety and security throughout the area. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Lance Cagnolatti).

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Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units converged on Tucson, Ariz., in May to take part in Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) certification and training 2009. MAFFS is an important and effective tool used to fight wildfires nationwide and is placed onboard the C-130 Hercules aircraft. Four units across the country continue the MAFFS legacy which began in the early 1970s; the 153rd Airlift Wing of the Wyoming Air National Guard, the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, the 146th Airlift Wing of the California Air National Guard, and the 302nd Airlift Wing, and Air Force Reserve unit based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Alex Koenig, California National Guard)
Date: 6/4/2009

Master Sgt. James Kersey (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Chris Brunner of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team monitor the track of Tropical Storm Isaac from the Florida National Guard's Joint Emergency Operations Center in St. Augustine, Fla., Aug. 22, 2012. The Florida National Guard was monitoring official forecasts for the storm in anticipation of the storm reaching Florida. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa.

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Lieutenant Col. Tim Ashley, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, pilots a C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the modular airborne firefighting system to the Lake Shasta area on a firefighting mission July 4. Members of the 145th AW are conducting firefighting operations in California as a part of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group.
Date:8/1/2008

Lieutenant Col. Tim Ashley, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, pilots a C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the modular airborne firefighting system to the Lake Shasta area on a firefighting mission July 4. Members of the 145th AW are conducting firefighting operations in California as a part of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group.

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Darlene Mullins, a modular airborne fire fighting system liaison officer for the U.S. Forest Service, discusses upcoming firefighting missions with Lt. Col. Tom Brown, commander of the 145th Air Expeditionary Squadron of the North Carolina Air National Guard. The 145th AES is conducting firefighting missions as part of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Steven J. Weber.
Date:8/1/2008

Darlene Mullins, a modular airborne fire fighting system liaison officer for the U.S. Forest Service, discusses upcoming firefighting missions with Lt. Col. Tom Brown, commander of the 145th Air Expeditionary Squadron of the North Carolina Air National Guard. The 145th AES is conducting firefighting missions as part of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Steven J. Weber.

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Staff Sgt. Rashie Burnett, an F-16 weapons loader from the 144th Fighter Wing, along with other California Air National Guard personnel clears out shrubs and thickets in the forest outside of Paradise City, Calif. during fireline training in support of Operation Lighting Strike July 27. More than 200 Airmen from across California completed their four-day firefighting training and deployed July 30 to the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Forest north of Fresno. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dan Kacir)
Date:7/30/2008

Staff Sgt. Rashie Burnett, an F-16 weapons loader from the 144th Fighter Wing, along with other California Air National Guard personnel clears out shrubs and thickets in the forest outside of Paradise City, Calif. during fireline training in support of Operation Lighting Strike July 27. More than 200 Airmen from across California completed their four-day firefighting training and deployed July 30 to the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Forest north of Fresno. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dan Kacir)

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Staff Sgt. Lisa Mirander of Task Force Axe holds a Pulaski, a tool issued to California National Guardsmen on the ground to fight wildfires. (US Army photo by SPC EDDIE SIGUENZA) (Unreleased)
Date:7/30/2008

Staff Sgt. Lisa Mirander of Task Force Axe holds a Pulaski, a tool issued to California National Guardsmen on the ground to fight wildfires. (US Army photo by SPC EDDIE SIGUENZA) (Unreleased)

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Army Sgt. Lee Savoy, assigned to the Louisiana Army National Guard's 256th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, assists a child Aug. 30, 2012, onto one of the unit's trucks as Soldiers rescue residents from flood waters caused by Hurricane Isaac. The Louisiana National Guard has more than 8,000 Soldiers and Airmen ready to support local and state authorities in support of Hurricane Isaac relief operations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Rashawn D. Price)
Date: 8/23/2012

Army Sgt. Lee Savoy, assigned to the Louisiana Army National Guard's 256th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, assists a child Aug. 30, 2012, onto one of the unit's trucks as Soldiers rescue residents from flood waters caused by Hurricane Isaac. The Louisiana National Guard has more than 8,000 Soldiers and Airmen ready to support local and state authorities in support of Hurricane Isaac relief operations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Rashawn D. Price).

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Senior Master Sgt. Ray Roblis, an air transportation specialist assigned to the 146th Aerial Port Squadron of the California Air National Guard, ties down a pallet of boots from the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho before they are loaded onto a C-130J aircraft from the 146th Airlift Wing and sent to National Guard troops fighting wildfires in California July 5.
Date:8/1/2008

Senior Master Sgt. Ray Roblis, an air transportation specialist assigned to the 146th Aerial Port Squadron of the California Air National Guard, ties down a pallet of boots from the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho before they are loaded onto a C-130J aircraft from the 146th Airlift Wing and sent to National Guard troops fighting wildfires in California July 5.

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Major Kevin Harkey, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, pilots a C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the modular airborne firefighting system to the Lake Shasta area on a firefighting mission July 4. Members of the 145th AW are conducting firefighting operations as a part of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group.
Date:8/1/2008

Major Kevin Harkey, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, pilots a C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the modular airborne firefighting system to the Lake Shasta area on a firefighting mission July 4. Members of the 145th AW are conducting firefighting operations as a part of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group.

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Members of the 146th Aerial Port Squadron of the California Air National Guard load a pallet of boots from the National Interagency Fire Center onto a C-130 aircraft from the 146th Airlift Wing before they are sent to National Guard troops fighting wildfires in California July 5. The 146th AW is conducting firefighting support missions as part of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group. Photo by Patti Bielling
Date:8/1/2008

Members of the 146th Aerial Port Squadron of the California Air National Guard load a pallet of boots from the National Interagency Fire Center onto a C-130 aircraft from the 146th Airlift Wing before they are sent to National Guard troops fighting wildfires in California July 5. The 146th AW is conducting firefighting support missions as part of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group. Photo by Patti Bielling

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Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeff Apke, a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot, conducts pre-flight briefing wiht Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joel Newburn, also a Blackhawk pilot, before departing the Mather Flight Facility in northern California July 29 for home. Apke and his fellow crewmembers supported California's firefighting operations since July 14 dropping more than 30,000 gallons of water on the fires. (Photo by Capt. Al Bosco)
Date:7/30/2008

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeff Apke, a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot, conducts pre-flight briefing wiht Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joel Newburn, also a Blackhawk pilot, before departing the Mather Flight Facility in northern California July 29 for home. Apke and his fellow crewmembers supported California's firefighting operations since July 14 dropping more than 30,000 gallons of water on the fires. (Photo by Capt. Al Bosco)

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California National Guardsmen with Task Force Axe use Pulaskis and McLeods to supress a hot spot during mop up operations at Sugarloaf Mountain, a northern California site charred by wildfires. (US Army photo by SPC EDDIE SIGUENZA) (Unreleased)
Date:7/25/2008

California National Guardsmen with Task Force Axe use Pulaskis and McLeods to supress a hot spot during mop up operations at Sugarloaf Mountain, a northern California site charred by wildfires. (US Army photo by SPC EDDIE SIGUENZA) (Unreleased)

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Master Sgt. James Kersey (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Chris Brunner of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team monitor the track of Tropical Storm Isaac from the Florida National Guard's Joint Emergency Operations Center in St. Augustine, Fla., Aug. 22, 2012. The Florida National Guard was monitoring official forecasts for the storm in anticipation of the storm reaching Florida. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa.
Date: 8/23/2012

Master Sgt. James Kersey (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Chris Brunner of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team monitor the track of Tropical Storm Isaac from the Florida National Guard's Joint Emergency Operations Center in St. Augustine, Fla., Aug. 22, 2012. The Florida National Guard was monitoring official forecasts for the storm in anticipation of the storm reaching Florida. Photo by Master Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa.

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Staff Sgt. Ralph Beauvais and Staff Sgt. Joe Burriss, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, take the engine cowling off engine number two in order to replace a fire loop on a C-130 Hercules before it flies out of McClellan Airfield, Sacramento on an airborne firefighting support mission July 4. The fire loop detects overheating and alerts crew members of possible issues in the C-130's engine.
Date:8/1/2008

Staff Sgt. Ralph Beauvais and Staff Sgt. Joe Burriss, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, take the engine cowling off engine number two in order to replace a fire loop on a C-130 Hercules before it flies out of McClellan Airfield, Sacramento on an airborne firefighting support mission July 4. The fire loop detects overheating and alerts crew members of possible issues in the C-130's engine.

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Tech. Sgt. Michael Nix (left) and Lt. Col. Bob Kotula, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, watch for air traffic through smoke and haze as they make their way to the fires in the Lake Shasta area on a firefighting mission July 4.
Date:8/1/2008

Tech. Sgt. Michael Nix (left) and Lt. Col. Bob Kotula, assigned to the 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard, watch for air traffic through smoke and haze as they make their way to the fires in the Lake Shasta area on a firefighting mission July 4.

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Members from the 129th Rescue Wing, 144th Fighter Wing, 146th Airlift Wing, 163rd Reconaissance Wing, and 162nd Combat Communications Group, California Air National Guard, head out to the forest outside of Paradise City, Calif. to conduct fireline training during Operation Lightning Strike July 27. More than 200 Airmen from across California completed their four-day firefighting training and deployed July 30 to the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Forest north of Fresno. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dan Kacir)
Date:7/30/2008

Members from the 129th Rescue Wing, 144th Fighter Wing, 146th Airlift Wing, 163rd Reconaissance Wing, and 162nd Combat Communications Group, California Air National Guard, head out to the forest outside of Paradise City, Calif. to conduct fireline training during Operation Lightning Strike July 27. More than 200 Airmen from across California completed their four-day firefighting training and deployed July 30 to the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Forest north of Fresno. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dan Kacir)

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(From left) Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeff Apke, a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot, conducts a pre-flight briefing wiht Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joel Newburn, also a Blaskhawk pilot, before departing the Mather Flight Facility in northern California July 29 for home. Apke and his fellow crewmembers supported California's firefighting operations since July 14 dropping more than 30,000 gallons of water on the fires. (Photo by Capt. Al Bosco)
Date:7/30/2008

(From left) Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeff Apke, a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot, conducts a pre-flight briefing wiht Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joel Newburn, also a Blaskhawk pilot, before departing the Mather Flight Facility in northern California July 29 for home. Apke and his fellow crewmembers supported California's firefighting operations since July 14 dropping more than 30,000 gallons of water on the fires. (Photo by Capt. Al Bosco)

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Despite getting consumed by smoke, dirt and raging heat, Spc. Laurel Benghauser of Task Force Axe continues dousing a
Date:7/25/2008

Despite getting consumed by smoke, dirt and raging heat, Spc. Laurel Benghauser of Task Force Axe continues dousing a "hot spot" at Sugarloaf, a Northern California area charred by recent wildfires and assigned to the California National Guard to protect. (US Army photo by SPC EDDIE SIGUENZA) (Unreleased)

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