Colorado Guardsman Sgt. Michael Gibson, a crew chief
Colorado Guardsman Sgt. Michael Gibson, a crew chief with Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, checks the bucket hook prior to their mission briefing as he augments the Nebraska National Gua... More
Soldiers gather with observer-controllers including
Soldiers gather with observer-controllers including Colorado National Guard Chief of Staff Col. Angela Stowell and CONG Land Component Commander Col. Laura Clellan, after completing a real-life rescue training ... More
Lt. Col. Stacy Roth, aviation logistics officer of
Lt. Col. Stacy Roth, aviation logistics officer of the Wyoming National Guard, receives a steak from Mike Evers, flight paramedic for the High Park fire, from the Colorado fire department, as they celebrate Fat... More
Wyoming National Guardsmen of the C Company, 5th Battalion,
Wyoming National Guardsmen of the C Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, ready and aboard their Black Hawk to take off for a Bambi bucket mission in support of the High Park Colorado firefight in La... More
Nebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C, 2nd-135th
Nebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepare their Black Hawk to take off for a Bambi bucket mission from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport for t... More
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion fly off from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport into the Rocky Mountains with a Nebrask... More
Wyoming National Guardsmen of the C Company, 5th Battalion,
Wyoming National Guardsmen of the C Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, ready and aboard their Black Hawk to take off for a Bambi bucket mission in support of the High Park Colorado firefight in La... More
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion take off from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport for their first mission to support Col... More
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Steve Hood, state aviation
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Steve Hood, state aviation safety officer with Joint Forces Headquarters Kansas National Guard, receives a steak from Mike Evers, flight paramedic for the High Park fire, from the Colora... More
Crew members of the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment
Crew members of the 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, take off from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport with a Nebraska National Guard crew ... More
Wyoming National Guardsmen of the C Company, 5th Battalion,
Wyoming National Guardsmen of the C Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, ready and aboard their Black Hawk to take off for a Bambi bucket mission in support of the High Park Colorado firefight in La... More
Capt. Jacqueline Miller, medevac platoon leader with
Capt. Jacqueline Miller, medevac platoon leader with Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, climbs into the co-pilot seat for her first Bambi bucket mission to support firefighting efforts at ... More
Nebraska National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Tate Peterson,
Nebraska National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Tate Peterson, a crew chief with Company C, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, helps shut down the Black Hawk at the Fort Collins/Loveland Municipal Airport to ... More
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion get ready for their first mission to support Colorado with Bambi buckets in their firefight ... More
Col. Laura Clellan, Colorado National Guard’s land
Col. Laura Clellan, Colorado National Guard’s land component commander, prepares for maneuvers with a small unit support vehicle (SUSV) in Routt National Forest near Steamboat Springs, Colo., Jan. 28, 2015. Cle... More
Crewmembers observe a large smoke column rising from
Crewmembers observe a large smoke column rising from the southeast portion of the High Park fire in Colorado, behind the mountains from the Fort Collins/Loveland Municipal Airport as they await winds to die dow... More
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion take off from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport with a Nebraska National Guard crew fo... More
Crewmembers of the Wyoming National Guard prepare their
Crewmembers of the Wyoming National Guard prepare their plates for a steak meal as they celebrate Father’s Day at the Fort Collins/Loveland Municipal Airport at Loveland, Colo., during their down time from Bamb... More
Crewmembers of the Wyoming National Guard enjoy eating
Crewmembers of the Wyoming National Guard enjoy eating steaks for Father’s Day at the Fort Collins/Loveland Municipal Airport at Loveland, Colo., during their down time from Bambi bucket missions due to high wi... More
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion take off from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport for their first mission to support Col... More
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion take off from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport for their first mission to support Col... More
Nebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C, 2nd-135th
Nebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, take off for a Bambi bucket mission from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport for to support Colorado in their ... More
Nebraska National Guard crew members of the Company
Nebraska National Guard crew members of the Company C, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion take off from Fort Collins/Loveland Municipal Airport for their first Bambi bucket mission to provided structu... More
Sgt. Sheldon Snodgrass (left) a flight instructor and
Sgt. Sheldon Snodgrass (left) a flight instructor and Sgt. Ryan Kohlman (right), a standardization instructor, with Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion prep the aircraft for takeoff from For... More
Sgt. Darren Love, a crew chief with Company A, 1st
Sgt. Darren Love, a crew chief with Company A, 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment, enjoys a steak dinner as he celebrate Father’s Day at the Fort Collins/Loveland Municipal Airport at Loveland, Colo., on hi... More
Nebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C, 2nd-135th
Nebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, take off for a Bambi bucket mission from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport for to support Colorado in their ... More
Staff Sgt. Derrick Perkins, a flight medic of Winsor,
Staff Sgt. Derrick Perkins, a flight medic of Winsor, Colo., with Company C, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, preps a Bambi Bucket at Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport for a water bucket mission in... More
Smoke along with an orange rising from behind the mountains
Smoke along with an orange rising from behind the mountains is currently the view from the Fort Collins/Loveland Municipal Airport as Black Hawk crews from other states await their mission.
Sgt. Sheldon Snodgrass (right) a flight instructor
Sgt. Sheldon Snodgrass (right) a flight instructor with Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, attaches the Bambi bucket to a hook at the bottom of a Black Hawk at the Fort Collins-Loveland Mu... More
Nebraska National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Tate Peterson,
Nebraska National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Tate Peterson, a crew chief with Company C, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion helps shut down the Black Hawk at the Fort Collins/Loveland Municipal Airport to g... More
Tony DeFalco, lead air attack of the High Park fire,
Tony DeFalco, lead air attack of the High Park fire, near Fort Collins Colo., briefs National Guard Black Hawk crews on the current conditions of their Bambi bucket missions in a hanger at the Fort Collins/Love... More
Colorado National Guard Soldiers of the Maneuver Area
Colorado National Guard Soldiers of the Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site 64 (MATES64) extract a mock injured snowshoer from a ravine in Routt National Forest, near Steamboat Springs, Colo., Jan. 28, 2015. ... More
Colorado National Guard drivers of small unit support
Colorado National Guard drivers of small unit support vehicles (SUSVs) from across the Front Range maintain radio contact with headquarters while the team searches on foot, ski and snowshoe for a mock lost hike... More
Capt. Jacqueline Miller, medevac platoon leader with
Capt. Jacqueline Miller, medevac platoon leader with Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, climbs into the co-pilot seat for her first Bambi bucket mission to support firefighting efforts at ... More
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion take off from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport for their first mission to support Col... More
Kansas Guardsmen Sgt. Sheldon Snodgrass a flight instructor
Kansas Guardsmen Sgt. Sheldon Snodgrass a flight instructor with Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, enjoys a steak dinner as he celebrate Father’s Day at the Fort Collins/Loveland Municipa... More
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion fly off from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport into the Rocky Mountains with a Nebrask... More
Staff Sgt. Derrick Perkins, a flight medic of Winsor,
Staff Sgt. Derrick Perkins, a flight medic of Winsor, Colo., and Sgt. 1st Class Jason Cox, a crew chief of Cheyenne, Wyo., with Company C, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, inspects their Bambi Bucket pri... More
Sgt. Sheldon Snodgrass (left) a flight instructor and
Sgt. Sheldon Snodgrass (left) a flight instructor and Sgt. Ryan Kohlman, a standardization instructor, with Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion prep the aircraft for takeoff from Fort Collin... More
Soldiers practice plotting coordinates in preparations
Soldiers practice plotting coordinates in preparations for real-life scenarios locating mock injured or lost recreationists near Steamboat Springs, Colo., in Routt National Forest Jan. 27, 2015. Navigation, dee... More
Wyoming National Guardsmen of the C Company, 5th Battalion,
Wyoming National Guardsmen of the C Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, ready and aboard their Black Hawk to take off for a Bambi bucket mission in support of the High Park Colorado firefight in La... More
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment
Crew members of the 1st Battalion 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion get ready for their first mission to support Colorado with Bambi buckets in their firefight ... More
Nebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C, 2nd-135th
Nebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepare their Black Hawk to take off for a Bambi bucket mission from Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport for t... More
Soldiers of the Rocky Ford Field Maintenance Shop 6
Soldiers of the Rocky Ford Field Maintenance Shop 6 instruct teams on winch and recovery functions of the small unit support vehicle (SUSV) at Routt National Forest near Steamboat Springs, Colo., Jan. 27, 2015.... More
Capt. Jacqueline Miller, medevac platoon leader with
Capt. Jacqueline Miller, medevac platoon leader with Company G, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, enjoys a steak dinner as he celebrate Father’s Day at the Fort Collins/Loveland Municipal Airport at... More