Oregon National Guard helicopter crews aid fight against Hagen Fire

Oregon National Guard helicopter crews aid fight against Hagen Fire

The Oregon National Guard deployed personnel and helicopters to assist in containing the Hagen Fire in Umatilla County, having dropped over 676,000 gallons of water

Hagen Fire: Oregon National Guard fights from above

PENDLETON — (News release from the Oregon National Guard) Inside the cabin of anHH-60M Black Hawk, Staff Sgt. Kyle Sanders leans out over the open door, eyes lockedon a water bucket swinging 100 feet below the aircraft. The pilots up front can’t see it,since their view is forward, not down, so they rely entirely on Sanders and a Cal Fireliaison in the cabin for situational awareness of exactly where that bucket is and when tolet it go. With the …