His slurry bomber may be 56 years old, but pilot Delbert Hunt says she's built to last. When the red and white DC-6 rolled to a stop at the slurry base at the Helena Regional Airport Thursday, it ...

After firefighters were kept at bay all day by winds and a narrow canyon, slurry bombers finally were able to drop retardant on the Glenwood Springs fire Wednesday as it approached the summit of Iron ...

Slurry bombers used the tanker base at the Helena Regional Airport on Sunday to fly sorties over the growing Cascade fire near Red Lodge and the Harley fire near Neihart. Sunday morning, a P2V bearing ...

The arrival of a slurry bomber has all the heroic resonance of John Wayne's cavalry riding over the hill. But Norbury pointed out those planes deliver fire retardant, not suppressant. "It's a common ...

WASHINGTON - Diversification by Wyoming's most prominent aerial firefighting company will protect it from a decision by federal agencies Monday not to use any slurry bombers to fight wildfires this ...

LYONS, Colo. (AP) - Bystanders and firefighters looked on in horror as an air tanker disintegrated into flames and crashed while battling a 1,200-acre wildfire near Denver, killing both crew members. ...

BILLINGS — The orange, black and white slurry bomber lumbered along the runway at Billings Logan International Aiport late Saturday morning, its belly loaded with 2,550 gallons of fire retardant.

The discovery of a large crack in the wing of one of Neptune Aviation's P2-V aerial tanker planes during a winter maintenance check prompted mandatory inspections of all similar planes on U.S. Forest ...

I would like to thank all the firefighters, slurry bombers, helicopters with water and individuals who worked on the Majerus fire. Above all, I want to thank the BMP Coal Mine and all of the employees ...

MISSOULA — The U.S. Forest Service has "no effective mechanism to ensure the air worthiness" of the aging fleet of firefighting air tankers, so has no choice but to discontinue their use, an agency ...