7/20/2012 - The Vandenberg Hot Shots were welcomed home with a reception at the Pacific Coast Club Thursday, July 19, 2012. Two days after returning home from the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado the Hot Shots were called to fight the Santa Margarita, Calif. wildland fires, where their backfire and burnout operations resulted in saving approximately 60 homes over a three day period. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)
7/20/2012 - Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, presents Vandenberg Hot Shots members Cody Lee, Kristin Halbeisen and Jesse Hendricks with their original assignment order to fight the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado as a memento for the entire crew. The Hot Shots were fighting wildfires in Colorado and Wyoming, which burned 29,168 acres and destroyed nearly 360 homes in Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)
7/20/2012 - Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, shows Kristin Halbeisen and Jesse Hendricks, members of the Vandenberg Hot Shots, details of their original assignment order for the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado. The Hot Shots were fighting wildfires in Colorado and Wyoming, which burned 29,168 acres and destroyed nearly 360 homes in Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)
7/20/2012 - Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, congratulates Jesse Hendricks, Travis Asmus, Trent Ogan, Bradley Mabery and other members of the Vandenberg Hot Shots crew during a reception at the Pacific Coast Club Thursday, July 19, 2012. Two days after returning home from the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado the Hot Shots were called to fight the Santa Margarita, Calif. wildland fires, where their backfire and burnout operations resulted in saving approximately 60 homes over a three day period. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)
7/20/2012 - Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, shakes hands with Hot Shots members Travis Asmus, Trent Ogan and Bradley Mabury during a reception at the Pacific Coast Club Thursday, July 19, 2012. Two days after returning home from the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado the Hot Shots were called to fight the Santa Margarita, Calif. wildland fires, where their backfire and burnout operations resulted in saving approximately 60 homes over a three day period. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Peterson)
