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New class of tanker considered

EDWARDS AFB – The U.S. Forest Service has called on NASA Dryden Flight Research Center to lend its aeronautical expertise to qualifying a new class of aerial fire tankers for use in fighting wildfires. “The Forest Service is looking at the possibility of beginning to utilize a new, larger class of tanker,” said Mark Dickerson, Dryden project manager. For the full story visit www.avpress.com/n/21/1021_s5.hts

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