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Three-thousand gallons of fire retardant are deployed from a C-130 Hercules aircraft over the Witch fire north of 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.

Three-thousand gallons of fire retardant are deployed.

Three-thousand gallons of fire retardant are deployed from a C-130 Hercules aircraft over the Witch fire north of 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.

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