PHOENIX - When firefighters on the ground need some extra support, they call in air tankers. There are four DC 10 tankers in the world, and one of them is right here in the Valley. "What we do would ...

A C-5M Super Galaxy successfully reverse-refueled a KC-10 Extender, demonstrating a new emergency readiness procedure. This method allows for more tankers to be available for refueling fighter or ...

If you live in Montana, you’ve probably seen a DC-10 Tanker flying in the sky on its way to help put out wildfires.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As wildfires continue to burn in California, the Albuquerque-based 10 Tanker is still hard at work. 10 Tanker’s DC-10 planes are now responding to the Hughes Fire in the Los ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Thousands of firefighters and volunteers have been working over the last week to tackle the Los Angeles wildfires. Helping in that fight is Albuquerque-based 10 Tanker. Its fleet ...

In a topsy-turvy bit of military aviation, the US Air Force used a C-5M Super Galaxy heavy transport to refuel a KC-10 Extender refueling tanker aircraft, pumping fuel backwards up the boom from ...

Aerial firefighters were in action over Gorman, California, on June 17, dropping fire retardant in an attempt to contain the Post Fire, which had spread to more than 15,600 acres. The group 10 Tanker ...

PHOENIX — A pair of modified McDonnell Douglas DC-10s could be used to carried thousands of gallons of retardant to bomb fires in Arizona this summer. “The DC-10 can dump the same amount of fire ...

The Air Force has refueled airborne fighters from a commercial tanker for the first time, proving another means of extending its combat airpower, the service said in a recent news release. Omega ...