The 10 Tanker Air Carrier jet was one of the largest planes ever to land in Missoula, and one of the biggest to be reconfigured for dropping retardant on forest fires. “When we first come on the ...

A third program, KC-Z, was to be a replacement for the KC-10 fleet ... The Air Force released a “sources sought” notice on June 16, 2021, seeking a commercial derivative tanker aircraft.

John Gould, the president of the 10 Tanker Air Carrier, and his team are getting ... "If you’re on a hotshot crew in 2020, 2021, you see more fire in a year than back in 1976," Gould added.