The crew of a Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter with the 129th Rescue Wing (RQW), California Air National Guard flies a water drop mission while fighting the Jawbone Complex wildfire Aug. 14, 2012, in Kern County, Calif. Two HH-60s with the 129th RQW and an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with the 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment (Air Assault) began flying aerial firefighting missions out of the Tehachapi Municipal Airport in Tehachapi, Calif., two days earlier. ( Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julie Avey/Released) California Wildfires 2012 120814-Z-UF872-358

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