Forest friendly fire
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Brooks Mabery, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Hot Shots crew member, inspects a dead tree before he cuts it during a prescribed burn mop up operations April 8. The fire was called off early because of rapidly changing weather conditions and wildlife habitat endangerment. The Hot Shots come to Eglin annually to train alongside the fire management technicians at Jackson Guard. The fire management technicians at Jackson Guard's Natural Resources branch uses prescribed fire techniques to keep a delicate longleaf pine ecosystem thriving while keeping the military mission a priority year round. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Meares)