This Medevac is pulling double-duty as it gets ready to take to the air with a 660-gallon "Bambi Bucket" in preparation to attack the Snag Canyon Fire actively burning 12 miles North of Ellensburg.
Bravo Company, 4 Battalion, 160th SOAR(A) Nightstalkers, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Bravo Company is named "Evil Empire" after Turbine 33, the MH-47 lost in Operation Red Wings (the operation made popular in the movie Lone Survivor).
Almost exactly two years since it was here to work on the Taylor Bridge Fire, 430 is back in Ellensburg on fire fighting duty. You can see the Snag Canyon Fire burning about 12 miles out of town in the background.
Originally CH-47A 61-2409, My Old Lady is the oldest airframe of any type in the United States Army inventory, and continues to soldier on with the Washington National Guard. She is currently fighting the largest forest fire in recorded Washington history
Pulling away after dropping off a load of US Marine Force Recon and a boat on the surface of Lake Washington during the MAGTF demo as part of Seattle Seafair 2014.
Two US Marines from HMLAT-303 watch as Blue Angel #4, piloted by Major Brandon Cordill, the lone member of the USMC in the Diamond Formation, rolls by.
FHC's TB-25 Mitchell comes in for a soft landing after putting on a wonderful demo as part as of the 2014 Skyfair...What is hopefully going to be an annual event.
Originally CH-47A 61-2409, My Old Lady is the oldest airframe of any type in the United States Army inventory, and continues to soldier on with the Washington National Guard. She is currently fighting the largest forest fire in recorded Washington history