Joint Task Force 129 Airmen rescue civilians stranded in Galveston

Joint Task Force 129 crew, Jolly 92, lands in a tight space between houses to rescue an adult male in Galveston, Texas, Sept. 12. The California Air National Guard crew of Jolly 92 rescued six civilians and pets stranded in Galveston. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Wally Bacio)

Joint Task Force 129 Airmen rescue civilians stranded in Galveston

Joint Task Force 129 crew, Jolly 92, rescues a family of four in Galveston, Texas, Sept. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Wally Bacio)

129th helps another firefighter in need

Tech. Sgt. Michael Bendle (left) and Staff Sgt. Seth Zweben (right), pararescuemen from the 131st Rescue Squadron, prepare to transfer a firefighter off of the 129th Rescue Wing-based HH-60G Pave Hawk to an awaiting ambulance at the Chico Municiple Airport, Calif., Aug. 4. The firefighter was working in the Feather River Complex near French Bear, Calif., when he suffered a heat stroke. The 129th Rescue Wing aircrew and pararescuemen hovered over steep terrain and hoisted the firefighter up in to the Pave Hawk. The total number of people saved by the 129th RQW is 561. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brock Woodward)

PJs rescue Shasta-based firefighter

Staff Sgt. Darren Pon (right), pararescueman from the 131st Rescue Squadron, accompanies a Shasta, California-based firefighting crew carrying an injured firefighter to an awaiting HH-60G Pave Hawk northwest of Redding, Calif., July 31. While battling the Iron Complex Wildland Fire, the firefighter fell and suffered a concussion. The 129th Rescue Wing aircrew and pararescuemen landed in rugged terrain at approximately 6,000 feet to rescue the firefighter, and subsequently medevaced him to Mercy Medical Center in Redding. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brock Woodward)

HH-60s conducting fire suppression operations over Butte County wildfires

Jolly 92, an HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 129th Rescue Wing, a California Air National Guard unit based out of Moffett Federal Airfield near Mountain View, Calif., performs multiple water bucket missions over Butte County wildfires in California. The wing is the only unit in the Air Force qualified to participate in water bucket drops. There are currently 21 rotary-wing aircraft supporting the California wild fires, nine aircraft from other states. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jill Jamgochian)

Air National Guard unit ready to fight wildfires and save lives

Senior Airman Sean Pellaton, an HH-60G flight engineer from the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, pulls a water bucket hoist. The aircrews were training with water buckets, becoming the only crews certified for firefighting suppression duty in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Barbara Apkarian)