[video=youtube;E_2pRGlaRRg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_2pRGlaRRg[/video]
[QUOTE]3rd MAW Marines fight San Diego county wildfires. Video by Pfc. Maxwell Pennington | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar / 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | Date: 05.15.2014. Aircraft with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing assist CALFIRE 2014 and local firefighting agencies with Cocos wildfire in San Marcos, Calif., May 15. Available in high definition.
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These dude flew like 150 feet above me when I was driving home from work. It was cool as hell.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/DP2GQxK.png[/img]
those fires are about to get liberated
I'm apart of 3rd MAW, however I'm attached to MALS-13 out of Yuma, pretty cool to see 3rd MAW helping out.
[QUOTE=GobstopperV2;44856486]I'm apart of 3rd MAW, however I'm attached to MALS-13 out of Yuma, pretty cool to see 3rd MAW helping out.[/QUOTE]
Thank you for your service.
[QUOTE=GobstopperV2;44856486]I'm apart of 3rd MAW, however I'm attached to MALS-13 out of Yuma, pretty cool to see 3rd MAW helping out.[/QUOTE]
Did MAW help because they're fire protection or just because they had the equipment to help?
[QUOTE=MR-X;44859364]Did MAW help because they're fire protection or just because they had the equipment to help?[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure, like I said, I'm stationed at MCAS Yuma, about two and a half hours from San Diego, Far enough, and in the opposite direction of the winds that we don't see or smell anything. My guess is it's because VMM-163 has CH-46s, V-22 Ospreys, Hueys, and CH-53s, attached to them. Both are capable of sling loads (The massive "bags" of water) that you saw they were dumping below.
3rd MAW isn't a fire fighting unit in itself, it's a war fighting unit. Just sometimes equipment can pull other duties not always originally thought of.
If anyone wants more information on it, here's a link that describes what aircraft were used, how many gallons of water transported, etc, as well as pictures and some videos I believe.
[url]http://www.miramar.marines.mil/News/PressReleaseView/tabid/15787/Article/164382/3rd-marine-aircraft-wing-aircraft-fight-san-diego-fires.aspx[/url]
Wouldn't this also provide good training opportunities.
[QUOTE=ScoutKing;44864105]Wouldn't this also provide good training opportunities.[/QUOTE]
It could depending on it, some squadrons and supporting squadrons not so much, others yes.
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