JACKSON, Miss. - About 10 Mississippi National Guard aviators and maintainers are being deployed to California to help quell raging wildfires. The guardsmen will provide aerial water bucket operations and aviation maintenance support as needed. The Chinook flight crew members and maintenance personnel will be on a month-long mission through mid-October. According to Capt. Lewis Howard, B Company commander. The soldiers are based in Jackson, Meridian and Gulfport. (Source: WTVA 09/07/21) UPDATE: The Mississippi National Guard is sending additional military personnel to help provide emergency relief in Louisiana. The forces include the Meridian-based Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment and the 255th Air Control Squadron Air National Guard in Flowood. The aviation team is providing a CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter and five personnel to provide vital air support to the Louisiana National Guard during their relief efforts. The airmen of the 255th ACS are providing communication support to military and civilian authorities during relief and recovery missions as needed throughout the state. These additional forces will join MNG service members currently assisting the Louisiana National Guard.
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