Most service members know Air Force Tactical Air Control Party specialists as the airmen who embed with ground units to call down air strikes at just the right place and time to turn the tide of battle. But while fire support is the TACPs’ main mission, they’ve also become indispensable for supporting firefighters while they battle wildfires in California.
Specifically, the TACPs bring live aerial video, images and infrared vision that lets them see through the intense smoke of a wildfire and give firefighters real-time information to help fight the blaze and stay out of danger. It also helps that the TACPs, no strangers to dealing with stressful situations, need only minimal training to adapt their skills to firefighting.
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