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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.
The DC-10 is one of dozens of aircraft assisting ... Helicopters are generally dropping water to directly attack the fires, but air tankers — or fire bombers as I like to call them — are ...
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DC-10 FIREFIGHTING PLANE
Read full article: Ask Anthony: Why wasn’t a DC-10 firefighting plane used during the Pauline Road Fire? In the past, we’ve used the DC-10 air tanker to battle major fires, so one viewer asked ...
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Why the Air Force Is Expanding Aerial Refueling Duties to Private Contractors
from an Omega Air Refueling KDC-10 tanker. Omega is a private entity that has been contracted in the past to refuel other military aircraft, but never an Air Force AMC tanker. The mission was ...
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Air Mobility Command C-17 Completes First Commercial Air-to-Air Refuel
On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take ...