Nine hundred gallons of water is released onto a simulated wildfire during annual fire bucket training with a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 "Heavy Haulers" stationed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., May 3. The Super Stallion collected water from Pulgas Lake at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., before hauling the bucket for release over the drop zone. Fighting fire from above, HMH-462 conducts fire bucket training 120503-M-YG675-265

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