 With several California wildfires currently burning, the fight to save property and lives has begun. The modular Air 1 firefighting systems team from the 146th Airlift Wing has joined in the fight. We're here to support the Cal Fire and Forestry Service. MAPS is a support to provide retardant to the boots on the ground. In two seconds before we drop, we usually back up the co-pilot because they are the ones watching the lead aircraft to let us know where we will drop the load. I'd say anywhere between 10 to 15 drops would be a good day. It's a gratifying feeling having to help out the guys that are on the ground who are really doing most of the work. So here at McClelland Air Tanker Base, part of California's Air National Guard mission of supporting inter-agency cooperation with the national wildland firefighting efforts are here helping to assist Cal Fire and US Forest Service to provide a service force to provide aerial firefighting for the California National Guard. Being in the California National Guard, we are the citizen airmen in our local community we've had the chance to provide aerial firefighting to our backyard communities and it's very rewarding to serve in the California National Guard providing this service force for the California wildland firefighting efforts. We are your local community citizen airmen and soldiers and we love to fight the fires and we enjoy doing what we do every day. For the California National Guard Public Affairs, this is David Lefler.