This is how the Indian Air Force uses a specialized bucket suspended on a cable carried by a helicopter to deliver water for precision aerial fire-fighting. Each bucket has a release valve at the bottom which is controlled by the helicopter crew.
Bambi bucket exercise at Shangumugam beach, Trivandrum today morning. The exercise was part of multilateral airforce exercise “Samvedana”. UAE, Srilanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal are participating in the 5 nation exercise, which is from 12th to 17th of March 2018.
(Video courtesy Indian Air Force)