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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 ...
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KC-10 Extender
The Extender is based on the civilian DC-10 commercial aircraft and has been in service with the U.S. Air Force since 1981. Twenty KC-10s were modified to add wing-mounted pods further enhancing ...