Photo by Sgt. Olivia Cowart | 25th Combat Aviation Brigade | 08.20.2025
A flight crew from the Hawaii Army National Guard flies a Blackhawk with a bambi bucket suspended to provide aerial firefighting support for the Kunia Road Fire, a vegetation fire, Aug. 19, 2025. The fire is reported to be a vegetation fire and bambi buckets are designed to quickly fill and drop water repeatedly on austere terrain. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Olivia Cowart)...
Photo by Alejandro Pena | Alaska National Guard | 06.22.2025
Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Adam Weber, a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter crew chief assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command, conducts a Bambi Bucket water drop over the Nelchina Glacier fire near Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska, June 22, 2025. Working with the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, the AKARNG provided two Black Hawks, each equipped with a Bambi Bucket, to......
Photo by Alejandro Pena | Alaska National Guard | 06.22.2025
Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Sara Becker, a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter crew chief assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command, conducts a Bambi Bucket water drop over the Nelchina Glacier fire near Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska, June 22, 2025. Working with the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, the AKARNG provided two Black Hawks, each equipped with a Bambi Bucket, to......
Photo by Alejandro Pena | Alaska National Guard | 06.22.2025
An aerial view of the Nelchina Glacier fire as seen from an Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command near Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska, June 22, 2025. Working with the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, the AKARNG provided two Black Hawks, each equipped with a Bambi Bucket, to augment the fire suppression efforts. Each......
Photo by Alejandro Pena | Alaska National Guard | 06.22.2025
Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Adam Weber, a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter crew chief assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command, conducts a Bambi Bucket water drop over the Nelchina Glacier fire near Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska, June 22, 2025. Working with the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, the AKARNG provided two Black Hawks, each equipped with a Bambi Bucket, to......
Photo by Alejandro Pena | Alaska National Guard | 06.22.2025
Alaska Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter aviators assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command prepare to return to Bryant Army Airfield after conducting fire suppression operations in response to the Nelchina Glacier fire near Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska, June 22, 2025. Working with the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, the AKARNG provided two Black Hawks, each......
Photo by Alejandro Pena | Alaska National Guard | 06.22.2025
Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Adam Weber, a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter crew chief assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command, conducts a Bambi Bucket water drop over the Nelchina Glacier fire near Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska, June 22, 2025. Working with the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, the AKARNG provided two Black Hawks, each equipped with a Bambi Bucket, to......
Photo by Alejandro Pena | Alaska National Guard | 06.22.2025
Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Adam Weber, a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter crew chief assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command, refills a Bambi Bucket while fighting the Nelchina Glacier fire near Eureka Roadhouse, Alaska, June 22, 2025. Working with the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, the AKARNG provided two Black Hawks, each equipped with a Bambi Bucket, to augment......