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Mr. Gary Bicondova, 452nd Air Mobility Wing Fire Department, March Air Reserve Base, is awarded the Air Force Civilian Achievement Medal and wing coin from Brig Gen James L. Melin, 452 AMW commander, for exceptional performance on March Brush Engine 10 during the Esperanza fire on 26 October 2006. Five U.S. Forest Service firefighters died battling an arson wildfire where they were overcome by 90-foot-tall walls of flame advancing at 40 mph.
Mr. Bicondova used his emergency medical technician skills to sustain the live of another firefighter, Captain Mark Loutzenhiser, who later died at the hospital from severe burns to his entire body. The five firefighters were trapped in a burnover which can occur when an advancing fire driven by high winds jumps a protective line and traps firefighters in its path. The trapped firefighters did not have time to don their protective gear. (U.S. Air Force photos by LaGina Jackson)

March Firefighters Recognized for Exceptional Performance

Mr. Gary Bicondova, 452nd Air Mobility Wing Fire Department, March Air Reserve Base, is awarded the Air Force Civilian Achievement Medal and wing coin from Brig Gen James L. Melin, 452 AMW commander, for exceptional performance on March Brush Engine 10 during the Esperanza fire on 26 October 2006. Five U.S. Forest Service firefighters died battling an arson wildfire where they were overcome by 90-foot-tall walls of flame advancing at 40 mph. Mr. Bicondova used his emergency medical technician skills to sustain the live of another firefighter, Captain Mark Loutzenhiser, who later died at the hospital from severe burns to his entire body. The five firefighters were trapped in a burnover which can occur when an advancing fire driven by high winds jumps a protective line and traps firefighters in its path. The trapped firefighters did not have time to don their protective gear. (U.S. Air Force photos by LaGina Jackson)

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Staff Sgt. Ernie Jimenez, 452nd Aerial Port Support Flight, air transportation craftsman, helps load a pallet of equipment aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., April 26, 2015. The cargo includes sonar detection devices, heavy concrete cutting equipment, generators and more that will be used by an elite 57-person team, known as the Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2 (CA-TF2), in support of earthquake emergency rescue operations in Nepal. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Russell S. McMillan)

Canine handlers from an elite 57-person team, known as the Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2 (CA-TF2), board a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at March ARB, Calif., April 26, 2015. The CA-TF2 team, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Calif., was activated by the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance on Sunday to deploy to Nepal in support of earthquake emergency rescue operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Russell S. McMillan)

Airmen from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., and Joint Base Charleston, S.C., reposition a pallet of cargo on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at March ARB, Calif., April 26, 2015. The equipment includes sonar detection devices, heavy concrete cutting equipment, generators and more that will be used by an elite 57-person team, known as the Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2 (CA-TF2), in support of earthquake emergency rescue operations in Nepal. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Russell S. McMillan)

Senior Airman Evan Austin, 15th Airlift Squadron, loadmaster, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., directs a 60-K Loader carrying emergency search and rescue equipment on the flight line at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., April 26, 2015. The cargo includes sonar detection devices, heavy concrete cutting equipment, generators and more that will be used by an elite 57-person team, known as the Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2 (CA-TF2), in support of earthquake emergency rescue operations in Nepal. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Russell S. McMillan)

Members from Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2 (CA-TF2), sponsored by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Calif., attend a briefing regarding local customs the team should be aware of once reaching Nepal at the deployment hangar at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., April 26, 2015. The 57-person team was activated by the U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance in support of earthquake emergency rescue operations in Nepal. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Russell S. McMillan)

Brig. Gen. John C. Flournoy Jr., commander, Headquarters Fourth Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., explains his

Lt. Col Beth Kelley Horine, commander, 4th Combat Camera Squadron with pie on her face from a squadron team building exercise. (courtesy photo)

Runners are dowsed by volunteers with color as they round the last station before crossing the finish line during the 5K Fun Color Run Aug. 9, hosted by the 452nd Air Mobility Wing Rising Six. More than 100 Team March members participated in two color runs, held at the former base track, one during each August Unit Training Assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Megan Crusher)

Esme Lutz, 15 and his brother Aric Lutz, 13, listen as teams discuss issues they had during a team-building exercise at a Yellow Ribbon Program event in Carlsbad, Calif., Feb. 22, 2014, where teams had to devise a way, using duct tape, to write without having the marker in their hands. The purpose of the exercise was to help the teens learn teamwork and communication when faced with difficult situations, like deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Linda Welz)

Senior Master Sgt. Robert Montgomery, heavy equipment superintendent, 163rd Civil Engineer Squadron, California Air National Guard, March Air Reserve Base, operates an excavator to move large rocks on the Heacock Channel project, Sept. 11, 2014. Reservists and Guardsmen from March participated in a joint-construction project to repair the erosion damage and sediment accumulation to the Heacock Channel on the east side of base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Russell S. McMillan)

Colonel Raymond J. Danowski, Inspector General, 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, California

Chief Master Sgt of the Air Force James A. Cody, addressed 701 Combat Operations Squadron Airmen during a July 13, 2014 visit to March Field. CMSAF Cody and his wife, Athena, spent three days at the Southern California Air Reserve Base where they met with Airmen and observed the success of Total Force Integration there. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Linda Welz)

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