I'm a pilot flying a DC-10 fire bomber to battle the LA fires. This is what I've seen — and this is what needs to stop.
I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how we do it.
7 Different Aircraft Used For Aerial Firefighting
Aerial firefighting has become an essential part of wildfire suppression strategies, offering the speed, precision, and versatility.
KC-10 Extenders Still Fly For The US Military Even After The Air Force Retired Them
As an epilogue, Omega Air continues to refuel US aircraft with ex-Japan Airlines and Dutch KC-10 even after the Air Force retired them.
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Albuquerque-based air tanker helps fight Los Angeles wildfires
Helping in that fight is Albuquerque-based 10 Tanker. Its fleet consists of four DC-10 tanker planes that can each hold and drop a massive 9,500 gallons of fire retardant. Two of them – Tanker ...
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Aircraft from New Mexico helping fight wildfires in Los Angeles
MONDAY, TWO OF THOSE PLANES COMING FROM ALBUQUERQUE BASED TEN TANKER AIR CARRIER, THE DC TEN BATTLING THE PALISADES ... or warehouse people," said Kerley. 10 Tanker expects to have its third ...
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A NASCAR driver’s father is helping fight the L.A. fires in a 400,000-pound airplane
It’s a highly coordinated effort featuring a fleet of tanker planes, scooper planes — those ... which also carry and drop water. The DC-10 Smithley pilots is a former commercial airliner ...
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I'm a pilot flying a DC-10 fire bomber to battle the LA fires. This is what I've seen — and this is what needs to stop.
Captain RK Smithley flies McDonnell Douglas DC-10 fire bombers for New Mexico-based ... in the Forest Service's arsenal because we're the biggest tanker out here. This fire is unprecedented. In 10 ...
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I'm a pilot flying a DC-10 fire bomber to battle the LA fires. This is what I've seen — and this is what needs to stop.
Captain RK Smithley flies McDonnell Douglas DC-10 fire bombers for ... Service's arsenal because we're the biggest tanker out here. This fire is unprecedented. In 10 years of doing this, I've ...