Sgt. Bob Batham of the California Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, checks a 2,600-gallon Bambi Bucket prior to a July 13 Garza Fire mission at the Coalinga Municipal Airport, Fresno County, California.

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