Army Warrant Officer Shawn Reynolds, 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command, South Carolina National Guard, briefs crews and Forestry Commission personnel before resuming airborne water-drops to contain a remote fire near the top of Pinnacle Mountain in Pickens County, South Carolina, Nov. 17, 2016. The National Guard deployed to Pinnacle Mountain a CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter, a UH-60L Black Hawk utility medium-lift helicopter, and a mobile fueling point to the area, in order to support the South Carolina Forestry Commission to contain


Army Warrant Officer Shawn Reynolds, 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion, 59th Aviation Troop Command, South Carolina National Guard, briefs crews and Forestry Commission personnel before resuming airborne water-drops to contain a remote fire near the top of Pinnacle Mountain in Pickens County, South Carolina, Nov. 17, 2016. The National Guard deployed to Pinnacle Mountain a CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter, a UH-60L Black Hawk utility medium-lift helicopter, and a mobile fueling point to the area, in order to support the South Carolina Forestry Commission to contain a remote fire near the top of Pinnacle Mountain and surrounding areas. Both aircrafts are equipped with a Bambi Bucket, which can be filled with any available water to be transported and dumped on the fire. ( Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Roberto Di Giovine)


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