Ready to load up for another mission, at Hemet-Ryan Fire Attack Base. Carries "Hemet-Ryan Helitak" titles. Formerly 69-15145, taken on charge by the US Army in 1969. Transferred to the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service in 1991 as N492DF. Allocated to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection - CDF, operating as Fire Service "301". By 2012 in storage and being reduced to spares at the former McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA. Registration cancelled in 2021.

Four of the 16 Sikorsky S-70i Firehawks (N492DF, N484DF, N451DF & N478DF) ordered by Cal Fire to replace 12 Bell UH-1H Super Huey helicopters. The first Cal Fire S-70i was delivered in Oct. 2019 and represents a major upgrade in wildfire firefighting capability. The S-70i's are built in Poland, completed by United Rotorcraft in Colorado, and fitted with a Kawak 1,000 US gal. belly tank. Cal Fire has 10 helicopter bases: Kneeland, Bieber, Vina, Howard Forest, Boggs Mountain, Moffett, Columbia, Hollister, Prado and Hemet Ryan. Two bases were still flying Bell UH-1Hs in early 2024.