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B-roll footage of an Oregon Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk crew flying water bucket missions in support of wildland firefighting on the Hagen Fire in Umatilla County, Oregon, Aug. 10, 2026. The footage follows the crew from Army Aviation Support Facility #2 in Pendleton through dip-and-drop operations at Langdon Lake and a spot fire engagement, concluding with the aircraft's return flight at sunset. Crew includes Chief Warrant Officer 4 Nathaniel Carter and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Noelan Smith as pilots, with Staff Sgt. Kyle Sanders and Cal Fire military helicopter manager Joe Carstensen in the cabin.
(U.S. Army National Guard video by Maj. W. Chris Clyne, Oregon National Guard Public Affairs)
Timeline:
00:00–00:15 — Cockpit interior, pilots Carter and Smith preparing for flight; cuts to HH-60M Black Hawks parked at Army Aviation Support Facility #2, Pendleton, Ore.; close-up of cockpit avionics panel.
00:18–00:30 — Cockpit interior continues; Sanders looks out over open field prior to departure; wide aerial of smoke rising from the Hagen Fire; Sanders leans out with bucket visible below aircraft.
00:33–00:51 — Water bucket dip sequence at Langdon Lake; bucket splashing and filling, shot from crew door looking down; close-up of bucket against tree line.
00:45–00:48 — Wide aerial views of smoke plume over the Hagen Fire.
00:51–01:06 — Additional dip and drop shots; Carstensen looking out over forest; cockpit interior with Langdon Lake visible ahead; bucket dropping into lake, ripple visible on surface.
01:09–01:24 — Crew profile shots looking down at lake and forest during dip cycle.
01:27–01:42 — Aircraft flies through dense smoke; crew view obscured by haze during low-visibility segment over the fire.
01:45–02:00 — Aerial views of river/lake bend near a staging or support area, vehicles visible below.
02:03–02:12 — Continued aerial views of staging area, hazy conditions.
02:12–02:24 — Aerial views of ridge terrain; bucket drop in progress, water impacting forest near active flame.
02:27–02:30 — Additional bucket drop footage, water plume visible over fire.
02:30–02:36 — Aerial views of hazy ridge terrain, return leg of flight.
02:33–02:39 — Cockpit interior, sunset visible through windscreen during return flight to Army Aviation Support Facility #2.
02:39–02:50 — Exterior and interior shots of aircraft against sunset sky, rotor blur visible, concluding the mission.
| Date Taken: | 08.10.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.12.2026 13:43 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 1018491 |
| VIRIN: | 260810-Z-ZJ128-1015 |
| Filename: | DOD_111899757 |
| Length: | 00:02:50 |
| Location: | PENDLETON, OREGON, US |
| Downloads: | 4 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 4 |
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