Military processions were held at Sydney Airport as the caskets of Captain Ian MacBeth and First Officer Paul Hudson were loaded onto planes. The men will be laid to rest in Virginia and Colorado.
Both men were killed while water-bombing a bushfire in the state's south last month. Rick DeMorgan Junior - the flight engineer who also died on board - will be honoured at a separate ceremony in Sydney's west on Saturday.
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Repatriated, maybe?
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