Operations & Training

California Firefighting Pilots Held Back By Red Tape, War

July 7, 2004

More than 50 Navy and Marine helicopter pilots are ready to be certified to help fight fires in San Diego County, but the process is being slowed by red tape and the war in Iraq, it was reported today

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