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Third Reserve C-130 joins California wildfire fight

An Air Force Reserve Command C-130 Hercules taxies toward the runway as another C-130 launches for a firefighting mission June 29 at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, Calif. The aircraft are deployed from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo., and assigned to the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group that is fighting the Corral and Piute fires in California. As of 2:30 p.m. June 29, aircrews launched eight missions against the fires, dropping 24,000 gallons of fire retardant. The 302nd AEG includes the 302nd AW, and two Air National Guard units from the 153rd Airlift Wing from Cheyenne, Wyo., and the 145th Airlift Wing from Charlotte, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephen Collier)

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