About this release
A true story of a wildland fire that occurred on December 20, 1977, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, in hurricane-force winds. The conflict between Air Force and Fire Departments led to the loss of four lives and numerous injuries.
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Disc 1
DVD
Firestorm '77 The True Story of the Honda Canyon Fire (2022)
54 min
Documentary
Military commanders, fearful of the Base’s cold war secrets being compromised, attempted to control the protocols and procedures of the civilian fire fighters called upon to battle the1977 Honda Canyon Fire on Vandenberg Air Force Base. They intead offered up their own untrained personnel to fight a conflagration that, for all intents and purposes, should have never been fought and couldn’t be beaten.
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- August 9, 2026