will mccrink, 174th operations group commander, " so they're there constantly looking at it and they'llnges and they can help redirect the effort where it needs to go as opposed to the guys come off the mountain that night and go back out and spend a couple hours trying to find where the fire line is we're able to direct them exactly where it is." > <ááájeff:ááá> a crew of nine from the 174th here in syracuse....pilots, sensor operators and intelligence analysts....are supplementing the southern california reserve unit using their m-q-9's. the aircraft may not be able to dump any water on the fires, but mc crink says they're playing a vital role monitoring them 24/7 from above and feeding back live video data to fire commanders on the ground so they can put their limited resources where they'll matter most.174th operations group commander, " we train crews for the combat missions however those same skills can be transfered to domestic operations."that just so happen to be all the way across the country. jeff kulikowsky newschannel nine. coming up on the kron4 morning news... th

will mccrink, 174th operations group commander, " so they're there constantly looking at it and they'll changes and they can help redirect the effort where it needs to go as opposed to the guys come off the mountain that night and go back out and spend a couple hours trying to find where the fire line is we're able to direct them exactly where it is." > <ááájeff:ááá> a crew of nine from the 174th here in syracuse....pilots, sensor operators and intelligence analysts....are supplementing the southern california reserve unit using their m-q-9's. the aircraft may not be able to dump any water on the fires, but mc crink says they're playing a vital role monitoring them 24/7 from above and feeding back live video data to fire commanders on the ground so they can put their limited resources where they'll matter most.174th operations group commander, " we train crews for the combat missions however those same skills can be transfered to domestic operations."that just so happen to be all the way across the country. jeff kulikowsky newschannel nine. (pam) california firefighters saved a