Members of the 169th Aviation Regiment and Aviation Support Facility #3 at Hunter Army Airfield pose with Congressman Jack Kingston in front of one of the 2,000 gallon Bambi Bags used to fight the wildfires in south Georgia in 2007.

Congressman Kingston thanks
CH-47 crews for wildfire efforts

SAVANNAH - Georgia Congressman Jack Kingston visited with members of the 169th Aviation Regiment and Aviation Support Facility #3 at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah on Wednesday to thank them for their service during the wildfire disaster that struck south Georgia in 2007.

Kingston, who represents Georgia’s First Congressional District, presented the unit an American flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol, along with a certificate from the House of Representatives. The unit also took the opportunity to give the Congressman a quick tour of the aviation facility.

Crews from the Hunter unit, along with their CH-47 Chinook helicopters, were called into action when the fires began spreading in Ware and Brantley Counties in April 2007. The Chinooks were on duty for weeks dropping 2,000 gallon of water at a time onto the fires from their “Bambi Bags.”

Black Hawk helicopters from the 171st Aviation Battalion also helped fight the fires.

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