LINK Oregon firefighting helicopters unavailable. They are ALL deployed in Afghanistan as state battles wildfires
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The Oregon National Guard has a fleet of Black Hawks and CH-47 Chinooks, but the six Chinooks have all been in Afghanistan since May, Vice reports.
Equipped with large water buckets, the Chinooks have been used to fight forest fires in the state as recently as 2018.
However, in May the national guard unit sent 60 soldiers and all six Chinooks to Afghanistan. The heavy lift capabilities of the helicopters makes them perfect for the planned drawdown of troops in the country.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Is that sort of like getting rid of stockpiles of PPE just before the pandemic?
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