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21. That plane that was hit

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:41 PM

Jan 2025

was one of 19 that Canada sent us to help out..........

For decades, it has been recommended that we have a fleet of aircraft of all sizes, converted to tankers for fighting wildland fires.

The small planes and helicopters drop 500 gallons, maybe 1,000. The DC-10's drop 10,000 gallons...........

The local governments, state governments, and Federal governments can certainly have them standing by, year round, and staffed year round, not just in the summer months......

It is January! And we here in Colorado have been having RED FLAG warnings this past month. The number of Wildfires across the nation have grown immensely, and are certain to grow to even much higher numbers in the months/years ahead.

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