Oregon National Guard Leaders Visit Grasshopper Fire

Oregon National Guard Leaders Visit Grasshopper Fire

Oregon National Guard senior leaders flew from Salem to the Grasshopper Fire camp aboard an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter with Golf Company, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation, Aug. 17, 2026, to visit Air National Guard members supporting wildland firefighting operations, thanking the airmen for volunteering to fight one of the state’s largest active wildfires. Brig. Gen. Alan Gronewold, Oregon’s adjutant general, led the visit alongside Brig. Gen. Je…

Oregon Guard senior leaders visit airmen fighting Grasshopper Fire

Oregon National Guard senior leaders flew from Salem to the Grasshopper Fire camp aboard an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter Aug. 17, 2026, to visit Air National Guard members supporting wildland firefighting operations. Brig. Gen. Alan Gronewold, Oregon's adjutant general, led the visit alongside other senior leaders and a representative from Gov. Tina Kotek's office, thanking airmen for volunteering to fight the more than 90,000-acre fire. Among t…