we are live at moffat field with the troops that headed the call and did not complete their mission. roberts. >> well the local international guard unit at moffat field is back home to help with then hurricane sandy to find themselves grounded. the california international guard 129th rescue wing is making sure helicopters stay in good conditions because members never know when a call for help will come. when sandy was a hurricane, the national guard put out a nationwide call for assistance. governor jerry brown approved the mobilization, a group that specializes in complicated rescues, on october 29th, the wing loaded up planes with equipment and 100 airmen, today some airmen told me they were ready. >> whenever we go, we are prepared to do pretty much anything. especially on this last deal. we could have ended up in the mountains just as easily as downtown manhattan. >> the 29th waited on alert for delaware five days. >> we get into an area quickly, the northeast had a large number of resource because they saw the storm coming but when there's no rescue missions to be done, they se