Only eight DC-10s remain operational around the world - mostly in the United States as firebombers and tankers.
I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how ...
Captain RK Smithley flies McDonnell Douglas DC-10 fire bombers for New Mexico-based 10Tanker. Smithley dropped red fire retardant over the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles. Mountainous terrain ...
Wildfires have devastated County, killing at least 13 people, destroying over 12,000 structures, and displacing tens of thousands of ...
R.K. Smithley, father of Xfinity Series driver Garrett, has a unique job — he's one of the pilots helping fire relief in the ...
Amid several viral videos of destruction, a footage of a DC -10 air tanker dropping around 10,000 gallons of fire retardant ...