Thursday, May 26, 2011
Water Bucket Training--Fire Fighting with Blackhawk Helicopters
On Saturday morning at the beginning of drill weekend, I watched Blackhawk helicopters practice filling and emptying fire-fighting a water bucket hanging beneath their birds. Here are the pictures:
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