Keywords: US Navy 080630-F-1689G-020 A helicopter assigned to Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 465 arrives at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore as CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters stand ready to conduct firefighting support operations in.jpg en LEMOORE Calif July 1 2008 A helicopter assigned to Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron HMH 465 arrives at Naval Air Station NAS Lemoore as CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters stand ready to conduct firefighting support operations in northern California Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron HMMT 164 and the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron HMM 268 and HMH-465 are conducting firefighting support operations as part of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group AEG In addition to the helicopters operating out of NAS Lemoore the 302nd AEG includes eight U S Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft operating from McClellan Airfield in Sacramento Calif providing unique capabilities and is part of a unified military support effort of U S Northern Command USNORTHCOM to provide assistance to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection the National Interagency Fire Center and U S Forest Service operations USNORTHCOM continues to closely monitor the California wildfires to anticipate additional requests for Department of Defense assistance to local federal and state civil authorities U S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Hector Garcia Released 2008-07-01 080630-F-1689G-020 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 60990 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval Air Station Lemoore CH-46 US Marine Corps Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 |