Tagged: NC Air National Guard

Local News
1:01 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

Weather, Misjudgment Led To Crash In South Dakota

Credit U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Daryl McKamey
An Air National Guard C-130 Hercules equipped with modular airborne firefighting systems, similar to this one, dropped thousands of gallons of retardant on the wildfires in South Dakota.

The North Carolina Air National Guard released the results of an investigation into the July plane crash that killed four members of a Charlotte-based crew. They were fighting wildfires in South Dakota at the time of the accident.

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