The group was flying a "heavy lift" CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California.
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For decades, tribal fire departments have responded to fires or accidents off their reservations under a mutual aid agreement with the county.
But last month, the county notified the tribes that it was going to terminate those agreements and replace them with one that would require the tribes to relinguish some of their sovereign immunity by removing limits to their legal liability.