MARCH 28, 2025 – Following a successful fire suppression support mission in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina National Guard aviation units are helping control wildfires in the Upstate.
U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion from McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover and the 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion from the Donaldson Center in Greenville, both part of 59th Aviation Troop Command, are using UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters to drop water from the air.
Black Hawks are equipped with 600-gallon water buckets, while the Chinook carries the largest bucket currently used on a military aircraft, capable of dropping up to 2,000 gallons of water per load…