Crime & Safety

The 129th Rescue Wing Fights the Rim Fire from the Air

Two HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters with crew members have left Mountain View for Stanislaus National Forest to fight the wildfire.

Photos of the 129th RQW in the middle of the firefight at Stanislaus National Forest where nearly 155,000 acres of have burned,

Crews from the 129th RQW perform water bucket operations, and last year dropped more than 250,000 gallons of water on wildfires across California.


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