HELENA — Most people in Montana know the sight and sound of a DC-10 aircraft as it either heads toward a fire or is over one dropping fire retardant to help ground crews by slowing the spread.
Just east of the Helena Airport sits the United States Forest Service fire airbase where 10 tanker aircraft lay in wait, ready to respond at a moment’s notice to respond to fires anywhere in Montana and in various places around the country.
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