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Firefighters are getting the upper hand on the Wolf Fire burning south of Banning. The brushfire is at 35 percent contained ...

The Helena base can support helicopters with buckets, super scoopers, and aircraft up to the DC-10 V-Lats, with operations typically running from July to September.

The Super Hueys can carry 320 gallons of water in dangling buckets, and the Black Hawks can carry water or retardant. There are also tactical planes used for coordinating the entire operation.

By DR. ITAY GAL MAY 1, 2025 12:48 Updated: MAY 1, 2025 13:58 Aircraft dispersing fire-retardant materials (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI) ...

A Bridger Aerospace CL-415EAF "Super Scooper" plane scoops water from Flathead Lake to drop on the nearby Elmo 2 fire on Aug. 4, 2022.

The company operates a fleet of "Super Scooper" water bombers and recently penned an agreement to acquire faster, larger-capacity, longer-range water bombers being developed by a French manufacturer.

10 Tanker's No. 911, a DC-10 airliner converted into a very-large air tanker (VLAT), heads back to Helena after dropping fire retardant on the west side of the Colt fire northwest of Seeley Lake ...

In Burns Flat, "super scooper" planes are stationed and deploy when they are needed to help fight wildfires. But because of high wind gusts on Tuesday, pilots weren't cleared to fly the planes. "It's ...

KOCO 5 Field Meteorologist Michael Armstrong was on the scene as planes dropped the retardant near Luther on Indian-Meridian Road. He said the "super scooper" planes are based out of Burns Flat, and ...

Not having its own Super Scooper planes “did not impact the response to the Palisades fire,” Marrone said. There were 12 fatalities and 6,835 structures destroyed in the Palisades fire.