A UH-1Y Huey with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469 takes off with a Bambi Bucket to fight wildfires aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, August 16. The squadron used three helicopters to conduct 44 air drops and complete the mission within three hours of the initial drop. - A UH-1Y Huey with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469 takes off with a Bambi Bucket to fight wildfires aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, August 16. The squadron used three helicopters to conduct 44 air drops and complete the mission within three hours of the initial drop.

Marines greet the last Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 flight section on the flight line aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, May 15. HMLA-469 assumed control of combat operations in a midnight transfer of authority ceremony, marking the end of HMLA-369 "Gunfighter" combat in Afghanistan. - Marines greet the last Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 flight section on the flight line aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, May 15. HMLA-469 assumed control of combat operations in a midnight transfer of authority ceremony, marking the end of HMLA-369 "Gunfighter" combat in Afghanistan.