Two California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters wait as a California Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter from B Company 1-126th General Support Aviation Battalion carrying support crews lands at the helibase in Whitmore, Calif., Aug. 8. The support crews were brought in to chop down hazardous trees during the Eiler Fire in the Lassen National Forest. Eiler Fire 2014 140808-Z-QO726-010

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