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LATHAM, N.Y. - A New York Army National Guard fire-fighting training exercise scheduled for this morning at Round Lake has been canceled.
The two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and aircrew which were going to train on dropping water from 560-gallon buckets slung under them, will be rerouted to assist in fighting a forest fire underway in Shawangunk Ridge State Forest near Summitville in Ulster County.
The aircraft are based at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Albany International Airport in Latham.
New York Army National Guard helicopter pilots and aircrew use the buckets, known by the trademarked name of Bambi Buckets, to scoop up water from lakes and rivers and then dump the water on forest or wildfires.
A ten-Soldier team will accompany the helicopters.
| Date Taken: | 05.05.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 05.05.2015 08:45 |
| Story ID: | 162239 |
| Location: | LATHAM, NY, US |
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