CONTACT:
Air National Guard Master Sgt. Cheresa D. Theiral
720-250-1053

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (3/27/12) – The Colorado Army National Guard launched two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and crews at the request of the governor's office to assist the Colorado Division of Emergency Management in fighting the Lower North Fork fire in Jefferson County, Colo.

The helicopters launched from the Army Aviation Support Facility on Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., at approximately 1:30 p.m. today, equipped with one BamBi Bucket® each. One bucket is capable of carrying and delivering nearly 500 gallons of water at a time.

The flight crew comprises six Colorado Army National Guard Citizen-Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation.

For more than 150 years, the Colorado National Guard has served our nation in wartime and is the first military responder during state emergencies. CONG Citizen-Soldiers and Citizen-Airmen are always ready, always there to support civil authorities.

The Colorado Army National Guard is supporting this mission.

No other information is available at this time.

Fact sheet UH-60 Black Hawk: http://www.army.mil/factfiles/equipment/aircraft/blackhawk.html

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