195th Wing Airmen cut through the smoke
Airmen from the 234th Intelligence Squadron, view live footage of wild fires from MQ-9 and RC-26 aircraft Aug 20, 2020, at Beale Air Force Base, California. The highly skilled airmen scrutinize the footage to perform damage assessment and predictive analysis in the Processing, Assessment and Dissemination (PAD) cell. The detailed reports are used by multiple agencies battling California's wildfires. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David J. Loeffler)