Aerial Firefighting Fun Fact! 🔥✈️ Before our massive DC-10-30 air tanker makes its dramatic retardant drop, it’s guided by a much smaller hero in the sky — the lead plane! 🛩️💨 Think of it like a scout: the lead plane flies the exact route first, checking for obstacles, wind, and terrain. Then we follow close behind, delivering 9,400 gallons of retardant with a higher likelihood of offering pinpoint accuracy that the ground crews can benefit from. It’s precision, coordination, and teamwork — a

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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.

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