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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Captain RK Smithley, a pilot flying McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebody airliners ... who ended up in the air fighting fire, so my career has ...
Every wildfire response follows a carefully planned strategy, and the men and women fighting ... used the DC-10 air tanker to battle major fires, like the 4,500-acre Hidden Pines Fire in Bastrop ...