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Excargodog , 08-21-2020 08:24 PM
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Nonessential personnel have been evacuated. Aircraft are being evacuated.


https://theaviationist.com/2020/08/2...dfires-spread/
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Nonessential personnel have been evacuated. Aircraft are being evacuated.


https://theaviationist.com/2020/08/2...dfires-spread/
They could have just left the KC-10s to burn. Save the taxpayers the cost of flying them to the boneyard.
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PurpleToolBox , 08-22-2020 11:06 AM
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They could have just left the KC-10s to burn. Save the taxpayers the cost of flying them to the boneyard.
Biggest mistake ... retiring the KC-10s early.
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They could have just left the KC-10s to burn. Save the taxpayers the cost of flying them to the boneyard.
Might convert them to water tankers. California is going to need all the help they can get.
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Might convert them to water tankers. California is going to need all the help they can get.
When I lived in Colorado, I watched the DC-10 tanker dropping on the Black Forest fire. Very impressive!
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Might convert them to water tankers. California is going to need all the help they can get.
“Whoops forgot to take the fuel out of that one...”
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rickair7777 , 08-29-2020 02:21 PM
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“Whoops forgot to take the fuel out of that one...”
The blast wave might put the fire out.
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