A UH-60 Black Hawk from the California National Guard is barely visible as it drops a 600-gallon Bambi bucket into Pardee Reservoir in Ione, California, April 8 during the 2017 Wildland Firefighting Training. California Guard air assets were training with CAL FIRE air operations as a prelude to the upcoming fire season.

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