2016 Border Wildfire, Firefighting, Firefighter Gallery Siller Skycrane circling for a drop. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8021 Rights Managed Lightbox Siller Skycrane heading into smokey sunset Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8027 Rights Managed Lightbox VLAT lining up for a drop behind an OV-10 Bronco lead plane. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8028 Rights Managed Lightbox Firecrew watching a hotspot erupt. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3270 Rights Managed Lightbox Cal Fire OV-10 Bronco Lead Plane Charlie 505. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8033 Rights Managed Lightbox BAe-146/200 lining up for a retardant drop. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8034 Rights Managed Lightbox BAe146/200 starting retardant drop. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8037 Rights Managed Lightbox BAe-146/200 mid retardant drop showing the use of its air brakes in the drop. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8039 Rights Managed Lightbox BAe-146/200 in full retardant drop. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8047 Rights Managed Lightbox BAe-146/200 completing retardant drop air brakes retracted. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8049 Rights Managed Lightbox Cal Fire OV-10 Lead Plane #505 flying through heavy smoke and low sun after marking for a retardant drop. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8126 Rights Managed Lightbox BAe-146/200 lining up for a very low drop between two peaks, first of a 7 shot sequence. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8140 Rights Managed Lightbox BAe-146/200 dropping between two peaks for low drop, #2 of a seven shot sequence. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8141 Rights Managed Lightbox BAe-146/200 disappearing behind lower peak #3 of seven shot sequence. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8142 Rights Managed Lightbox BAe-146/200 emerging from behind lower peak while still dropping retardant,#4 of 7. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8143 Rights Managed Lightbox Bae-146/200 emerging from behind lower peak in full drop #5 of seven. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8145 Rights Managed Lightbox BAe146/200 still low and dropping while emerging from behind low peak #6 of seven. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8148 Rights Managed Lightbox Final shot of 7 of a BAe-146/200 completing drop between two low peaks. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8150 Rights Managed Lightbox Buldozers working inside retardant line. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8151 Rights Managed Lightbox Cessna Citation CJ lead plane with Cal Fire S2T in background. Border-3-Fire-2016-6D-8244 Rights Managed Lightbox Kern County Fire truck and firefighter on Border 3 Fire. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3244 Rights Managed Lightbox Working Dozer and Kern county Captain with active flame in background. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3248 Rights Managed Lightbox Firefighter working on fire from dozer track with retardant line in lower right corner. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3249 Rights Managed Lightbox Kern County Fire Captain breifs a Cal Fire Battalion Chief with dozers and flame in background. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3254 Rights Managed Lightbox Cal Fire Battalion Chief assesing flank. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3256 Rights Managed Lightbox S2T-Viking making a pass over a dozer working a fire break. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3257 Rights Managed Lightbox Kern County Fire Captain updates Cal Fire Battalion Chief. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3258 Rights Managed Lightbox Cal Fire Battalion Chief giving diretion to firefighters on the line with two dozers working on the hill in the background. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3260 Rights Managed Lightbox Firefighter moving hose while a helo makes a waterdrop in the background. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3312 Rights Managed Lightbox Setting up water support with a snap tank for crews on fireline. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3328 Rights Managed Lightbox Setting up snap tank in for water support of the crews on the fireline Bell 209 helicopter overhead. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3334 Rights Managed Lightbox Kern County Firefighters bringing in hose. Border-3-Fire-2016-D3-3335 Rights Managed Lightbox