Tanker Crashes Add Pressure For Firefighting Upgrades
The protracted pace of the U.S. Forest Service’s plan to replace aging firefighting air tankers is expected to come under renewed scrutiny following two accidents on June 3. Both events, one of which was fatal, involved Lockheed P2V Neptunes engaged in fighting wildfires in the Western U.S. The FAA...
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