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 ...
Only eight DC-10s remain operational around the world - mostly in the United States as firebombers and tankers.
Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.
Thousands of firefighters and volunteers have been working over the last week to tackle the Los Angeles wildfires. Helping in that fight is Albuquerque-based 10 Tanker. Its fleet consists of four ...
Conrad "Connie" Kalitta's air transport company is lending a hand to keep the air tankers battling the blazes.
There is no precision equipment or autopilot for fire drops, just a pilot's view through the windscreen and his experience.
works for 10 Tanker, an aerial firefighting organization. He flies a DC-10 Air Tanker. He helped to drop more than 175,000 gallons of fire retardant during more than a dozen flights over the fires ...
To fight the California fires, 10Tanker has four DC-10s and two — ships 912 and 914 — here in San Bernardino at the old Norton Air Force Base ... because we're the biggest tanker out here. This fire ...