Soldiers of the Kansas National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment and Company G, 2-135th General Support Aviation Battalion assist firefighting operations underway in Colorado. The Guardsmen deployed to Colorado June 12 at the request of that state’s emergency management officials to support ongoing ground firefighting efforts in an area at the High Park in Larimer County, Colo., approximately 15 miles west of Fort Collins.

The crew provided structure protection and helped support back burns by dropping water from Bambi buckets.

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