Oklahoma Army Guardsmen were called out to support local firefighters in Edmond on January 24. Eight Soldiers on two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters equipped with Bambi Buckets flew nearly three hours and dropped 30 buckets, releasing around 19,800 gallons of water on a wild fire that engulfed houses in the area. Oklahoma’s Office of Emergency Management requested the helicopters on standby due to the high threat of wildfires. One helicopter assigned to Detachment 1, Company C, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment in Lexington, Oklahoma, and one helicopter assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 2
Oklahoma Army Guardsmen were called out to support local firefighters in Edmond on January 24. Eight Soldiers on two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters equipped with Bambi Buckets flew nearly three hours and dropped 30 buckets, releasing around 19,800 gallons of water on a wild fire that engulfed houses in the area. Oklahoma’s Office of Emergency Management requested the helicopters on standby due to the high threat of wildfires. One helicopter assigned to Detachment 1, Company C, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment in Lexington, Oklahoma, and one helicopter assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment in Tulsa, Oklahoma, responded to the fire at 2:37 Each Bambi Bucket attached to a Blackhawk will hold about 660 gallons of water. ( Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Bruce)
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