CDF Riverside County Fire Equipment on display at Ryan


Staging additional aircraft at Ryan (October 2003)

Pilots and their aircraft


Air Attack 310 departing runway 23 at Ryan (Pilot Les Koehler)


Tanker 72 Pilot Deen Oehl


Tanker 73 Pilot Mike Venable

Daily operations at Ryan


Two of four S-2T's reloading from Ryan during the Starr incident (July 2004) 


1200 gallons on board, ready for dispatch


The constant flow tank doors allow for even distribution of the retardant


Pilot Deen Oehl on Tanker 72 is tying into previous drops to take advantage of terrain and box in this flank of the Williams Fire

    
Ryan Air Base Firefighter's providing assitance to Cherry Valley
homeowners by bucking downed trees durning an unpredicted
snowfall 

CDF Aviation Management Unit


AMU aerial view at McClellan Field,Sacramento


Inside the fixed wing maintenance hangar - AMU


Winter maintenance completed and ready for service - AMU

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