1 00:00:00,009 --> 00:00:02,420 The Nevada Air National Guards one 52nd 2 00:00:02,430 --> 00:00:04,541 airlift wing and Wyoming Air National 3 00:00:04,541 --> 00:00:06,789 Guards one 53rd airlift wing completed 4 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,350 their annual week long modular airborne 5 00:00:09,359 --> 00:00:11,260 firefighting system or maths 6 00:00:11,310 --> 00:00:13,970 certification training on Sunday at the 7 00:00:13,979 --> 00:00:16,257 Channel Islands National Guard Station , 8 00:00:16,257 --> 00:00:18,368 California . The two Guard units flew 9 00:00:18,368 --> 00:00:20,312 continuous sorties during daylight 10 00:00:20,312 --> 00:00:22,423 hours throughout the week which began 11 00:00:22,423 --> 00:00:24,535 on April 10 th and concluded on April 12 00:00:24,535 --> 00:00:26,790 15 here . Military air crews were 13 00:00:26,799 --> 00:00:28,940 guided by us forest service , lead 14 00:00:28,950 --> 00:00:31,061 plane pilots into a flight pattern to 15 00:00:31,061 --> 00:00:33,520 drop water along a simulated fire line . 16 00:00:34,110 --> 00:00:36,799 Once certified , these c 130 crews can 17 00:00:36,810 --> 00:00:38,866 be called upon to support the forest 18 00:00:38,866 --> 00:00:40,866 service in aerial firefighting when 19 00:00:40,866 --> 00:00:42,921 civilian crews are over tasked and a 20 00:00:42,921 --> 00:00:45,088 military search capacity is required . 21 00:00:45,088 --> 00:00:47,254 It's a very dangerous mission . By the 22 00:00:47,254 --> 00:00:50,560 time Mass is requested assistance . 23 00:00:50,689 --> 00:00:52,939 Generally speaking , uh we are in a 24 00:00:52,950 --> 00:00:55,669 situation where the resources are 25 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:59,189 running thin uh fires especially in 26 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,955 the uh the southwest and you know , the 27 00:01:01,965 --> 00:01:04,076 the west coast here , if they've been 28 00:01:04,084 --> 00:01:06,574 astronomical the past few years and so 29 00:01:06,584 --> 00:01:08,805 mass has been asked to engage and when 30 00:01:08,815 --> 00:01:11,875 we're doing that , there's no time for 31 00:01:11,885 --> 00:01:13,885 that relationship , building ground 32 00:01:13,885 --> 00:01:15,829 crews consisting of personnel from 33 00:01:15,829 --> 00:01:17,774 several federal and state agencies 34 00:01:17,774 --> 00:01:20,074 including the US Forest Service Bureau 35 00:01:20,084 --> 00:01:22,324 of Land Management . CAL Fire and 36 00:01:22,334 --> 00:01:24,334 others also participated in the 37 00:01:24,345 --> 00:01:26,401 certification training . This year's 38 00:01:26,401 --> 00:01:28,680 training was split into two iterations . 39 00:01:28,690 --> 00:01:30,801 The second which will occur in May of 40 00:01:30,801 --> 00:01:32,690 this year will be attended by the 41 00:01:32,690 --> 00:01:34,839 California Air National Guards 146 th 42 00:01:34,849 --> 00:01:36,599 Airlift Wing and the Air Force 43 00:01:36,610 --> 00:01:39,230 Reserve's 302 airlift wing from 44 00:01:39,239 --> 00:01:41,300 Peterson Space Base , Colorado 45 00:01:41,739 --> 00:01:43,906 throughout the week , air crews flew a 46 00:01:43,910 --> 00:01:46,129 total of 50 three sorties totaling 47 00:01:46,139 --> 00:01:49,000 nearly 78 hours of flight time while 48 00:01:49,010 --> 00:01:52,639 dropping 102,500 gallons of water . 49 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,370 Over 242 practice drops . This annual 50 00:01:56,379 --> 00:01:58,379 training is funded by the US Forest 51 00:01:58,389 --> 00:02:00,879 Service from the 152 Airlift Wing 52 00:02:00,889 --> 00:02:03,056 public affairs . I'm master Sergeant , 53 00:02:03,056 --> 00:02:03,669 Garrett Wake .