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Crammed in tight, but alive, dozens of people inside a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook are flown to safety after a wildfire left them stranded inside the Sierra National Forest, California, Sept. 6. In early September, pilots and crew members with the California Army Guard’s 40th Combat Aviation Brigade braved treacherous conditions to rescue nearly 400 people in central California.
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Sierra National Forest, CA - Crammed in tight, but alive, dozens of people inside a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook are flown to safety after a wildfire left them stranded inside the Sierra National Forest, California, Sept. 6. In early September, pilots and crew members with the California Army Guard’s 40th Combat Aviation Brigade braved treacherous conditions to rescue nearly 400 people in central California.


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