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Dousing the Flames

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071025-F-5735S-100 Three-thousand gallons of fire retardant are deployed from a C-130 Hercules aircraft over the Witch fire in Northern San Diego, Calif., on Oct. 25, 2007. The C-130 and its crew are assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing out of Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Roy A. Santana, U.S. Air Force. (Released) TSGT. ROY A. SANTANA

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