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A Rare Look Inside Israel's Secretive KC-707 Re'em Tanker
With the tanker now reaching its twilight years ... This configuration was also used by some RAF (Royal Air Force) VC-10 tankers, and contrasts to the KC-135 which has specialized fuel stores ...
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Albuquerque-based air tanker helps fight Los Angeles wildfires
Helping in that fight is Albuquerque-based 10 Tanker. Its fleet consists of four DC-10 tanker planes that can each hold and drop a massive 9,500 gallons of fire retardant. Two of them – Tanker ...
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Aircraft from New Mexico helping fight wildfires in Los Angeles
10 Tanker expects to have its third airplane up and running by the end of this week.
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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.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Captain RK Smithley, a pilot flying McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebody airliners converted into tanker planes for a New Mexico-based company ...