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.

More than 150 times so far in 2021, the aircraft providing this air support belonged to 10 Tanker, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The aerial firefighting organization flies a special modified ...

A DC-10 air tanker sits on the tarmac at the Billings airport Wednesday. The tanker is one of two DC-10s modified for fighting fires.

DC 10 Air Tanker Grounded in Texas. September 8, 2011. FirefighterNation Staff. 1 min read. Share To: BASTROP, Texas (AP) – A converted DC-10 jetliner capable of dropping 12,000 gallons of fire ...

The DC-10 Air Tanker is a standard McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airliner that was converted to carry up to 12,000 US gallons (45,000 liters) of water or fire retardant in an exterior belly-mounted tank.

Wildfires are terrifying things, but we humans have become quite adept at fighting them. Such is the case in central Washington right now, where the … ...

DC-10 air tankers heading to Prescott to fight Goodwin Fire. The ... The DC-10 Supertankers are converted passenger jets capable of carrying 11,600 gallons of fire retardant.

A converted DC-10 makes drops on the Esperanza blaze. The aircraft has been used sparingly this year. Big air tanker gets rare call to action - Los Angeles Times ...

MESA, Ariz. (KSAZ) - Firefighters have help fighting the Tenderfoot Fire from the air. They've enlisted the help of a DC-10 air tanker to fight the wildfire. "We carry 11,500 gallons of retardant ...

The DC 10 is the largest air tanker in the world, holding 9,400 gallons of fire retardant and two and a half hours worth of fuel, all coming extremely close to the Earth's surface in the firefight.

In the past, we’ve used the DC-10 air tanker to battle major fires, so one viewer asked KPRC 2 Chief Meteorologist Anthony Yanez why it wasn't used during the Pauline Road Fire. Here's what he ...