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A U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter drops 600 gallons of water onto fires near Myrtle Beach, S.C., using a bambi bucket on April 26, 2009. Four UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and crews from the North Carolina Army National Guard's Charlie Company, 1st Aviation Assault Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment, based in Salisbury, N.C., have been deployed to help extinguish the wildfires.

A U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter drops 600 gallons of water onto fires.

A U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter drops 600 gallons of water onto fires near Myrtle Beach, S.C., using a bambi bucket on April 26, 2009. Four UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and crews from the North Carolina Army National Guard's Charlie Company, 1st Aviation Assault Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment, based in Salisbury, N.C., have been deployed to help extinguish the wildfires.

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