Guardsmen deploy for Hurricane Sandy

An HH60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 129th Rescue Squadron is loaded into a C17 Globemaster III at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., Oct 29, 2012. More than 100 California Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing prepare to mobilize to the East Coast to assist with Hurricane Sandy rescue efforts. Two MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft, two HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters and two Guardian Angel Pararescue teams mobilized to the East Coast to provide life-saving rescue capabilities to those in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ray Aquino/RELEASED)

Guardsmen deploy for Hurricane Sandy

Senior Airman Jessica Green, a photojournalist from the 129th Public Affairs, shoots photos of California Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing as they load a HH60G Pave Hawk helicopter into a C17 Globemaster III at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., Oct 29, 2012. More than 100 guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing prepare to mobilize to the East Coast to assist with Hurricane Sandy rescue efforts. Two MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft, two HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters and two Guardian Angel Pararescue teams mobilized to the East Coast to provide life-saving rescue capabilities to those in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ray Aquino/RELEASED)

Guardsmen deploy for Hurricane Sandy

Pararescuemen from the 131st Rescue Squadron boards a C17 Globemaster III at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., Oct 29, 2012. More than 100 California Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing prepare to mobilize to the East Coast to assist with Hurricane Sandy rescue efforts. Two MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft, two HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters and two Guardian Angel Pararescue teams mobilized to the East Coast to provide life-saving rescue capabilities to those in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ray Aquino/RELEASED)

Guardsmen deploy for Hurricane Sandy

Pararescuemen from the 131st Rescue Squadron boards a C17 Globemaster III at Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., Oct 29, 2012. More than 100 California Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing prepare to mobilize to the East Coast to assist with Hurricane Sandy rescue efforts. Two MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft, two HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters and two Guardian Angel Pararescue teams mobilized to the East Coast to provide life-saving rescue capabilities to those in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ray Aquino/RELEASED)

Fighting fires

California Air National Guard HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopter and air crew, assigned to the 129th Rescue Wing collect water in preparation for bucket drops over the Jawbone Complex Fire in Kern County, Calif., Aug. 15, 2012. During the support of the Bureau of Land Management, Kern County fire, and Cal Fire; the 129th Rescue Wing has performed more than 120 bucket drops. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Julie Avey/Released)

Air Guard helicopter crews join California wildfire fight

Two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters from the 129th Rescue Wing are battling the Jawbone Complex Fire in Kern County, Calif. The aircraft have been based out of the Tehachapi Municipal Airport in Tehachapi, Calif. since Sunday, Aug. 12. (Air National Guard photo/Master Sgt. Julie Avey)