World’s largest firefighting helicopters land in O.C. to help battle wildfires in Southern California
Two of the world’s largest firefighting helicopters designed to help battle wildfires in Orange, Los Angeles and Ventura counties landed in Southern California on Monday, June 14.
The pair of Chinook CH-47s helitankers, which can carry up to 3,000 gallons of fire retardant or water, landed at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos. The helicopters join the fleets of the Orange, Los Angeles and Ventura county fire departments as part of a joint disaster-response team, which also includes a large Sikorsky S-61 helitanker with a 1,000-gallon capacity.
