The past 48 hours marked both a significant milestone in OCFA Air Operations' history and a transformative leap into the future of wildland firefighting and multi-mission rescue operations in Orange County. Yesterday, after an extensive five-year period of planning, assessment, and aircraft transformation, OCFA’s two new Sikorsky S70 FIREHAWKS were declared ready for their momentous journey to Orange County. With Chiefs McGovern and Perkins on hand at United Rotorcraft Headquarters in Colorado,

OCFA firefighters, OCFA Helicopter 3, and Quick Reaction Force Helitanker 47 and Copter 76 partnered with Costa Mesa Fire and Rescue to aggressively hold a vegetation fire in Costa Mesa to just 8.4 acres this afternoon. | Orange County Fire Authority

The sun in Irvine, California, was obscured by smoke from the Silverado wildfire, a blaze that has grown to almost 14,000 acres and is 51% contained. https://abcn.ws/2JaUbzZ | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir