The DC-10 is one of dozens of aircraft assisting in fighting ... Forest Service's arsenal because we're the biggest tanker out here. This fire is unprecedented. In 10 years of doing this, I ...

10 Tanker’s DC-10 planes are now responding to the Hughes Fire in the Los Angeles area and the Border 2 Fire near San Diego. Earlier this month, Capt. R.K. Smithley piloted one of those planes ...

10 Tanker's planes have dropped more than 273,000 ... "You're completely modifying the aircraft and turning it into a fire bomber." McCullough said development of these jet tankers were done ...

A deep blue sky stretches overhead as a plane christened "Tanker 60" gleams in the southern ... Of course, the transition from airliner to fire bomber required some changes to the plane.

The DC-10 is one of dozens of aircraft assisting ... because we're the biggest tanker out here. January is an odd time for wildfires in California This fire is unprecedented.

We're dropping 85,000 pounds of fire retardant on our target. It's a very good airplane for what we're doing — we're the largest tool in the Forest Service's arsenal because we're the biggest tanker .