Story by Maj. Jason Sweeney | 40th Combat Aviation Brigade | 11.15.2021
CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait — Two California Army National Guard flight crews were awarded the prestigious Prince Philip Helicopter Rescue Award by the Honourable Company of Air Pilots in London on Oct. 21, 2021. The Cal Guard crews received the award for their daring rescue of 263 people and 16 dogs trapped by the enormous Creek Fire that raged across California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains in......
Story by Lance Cpl. Angela Wilcox | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | 12.27.2020
Camp Pendleton Fire Department and Cal Fire worked together to fight the Creek Fire that blazed in Fallbrook and the installation beginning Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020....
Story by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 09.30.2020
Two helicopter teams from the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command, are recognized for assisting with the California wildfires during the state's worst ever fire season in history....
Story by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 09.16.2020
California Army National Guard aviators open up about the heroic mission that saved hundreds during the Creek Fire. Their valiant efforts were recognized by President Trump who presented them with the Distinguished Flying Cross....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Sheldon | California National Guard Primary | 09.11.2020
On Sept. 5-6 and Sept. 8, pilots and crews from the California Army National Guard’s 40th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) evacuated 398 people and 27 animals from the Creek Fire in treacherous flying conditions....
Courtesy Story | California National Guard Primary | 09.11.2020
As California Army National Guard aviators respond to a Creek Fire rescue mission, one of the trapped people was a Cal Guardsman, and a others were contractors for the California Guard....
