Airmen from the 141st Operations Group, Washington Air National Guard, walk toward an RC-26B Metroliner aircraft at the Eugene Airport, Eugene, Ore., prior to departing on a wildland fire mapping and detection mission in support of the Forest Service at the Eugene Airport, Eugene, Ore., August 1, 2021. The RC-26 is tasked with utilizing its highly mobile platform by making infrared images and video of the fires from above in order to map and detect wildland fires and hotspots in the western region of the United States. The RC-26 crews can detect hotspots before they become fires and help
Airmen from the 141st Operations Group, Washington Air National Guard, walk toward an RC-26B Metroliner aircraft at the Eugene Airport, Eugene, Ore., prior to departing on a wildland fire mapping and detection mission in support of the Forest Service at the Eugene Airport, Eugene, Ore., August 1, 2021. The RC-26 is tasked with utilizing its highly mobile platform by making infrared images and video of the fires from above in order to map and detect wildland fires and hotspots in the western region of the United States. The RC-26 crews can detect hotspots before they become fires and help direct teams to those locations. First Air Force (Air Forces Northern), Northern Command’s Air Component, is the DoD’s operational lead for the aerial military wildland fire fighting response.
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