December 8, 2017
A Global Supertanker drops retardant on a fire in Argentina. The US Forest Service was recently told its refusal to use the plane had no logical basis. (Courtesy)
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California uses supertanker to fight fires, but Arizona doesn’t
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By Scott Orr
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