This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Captain RK Smithley, a pilot flying McDonnell Douglas DC-10 widebody airliners converted into tanker planes for a New Mexico-based company ...
By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo A court in western Japan sentenced a man to 10 years in prison on ... two years ago with a homemade bomb. The court in the city of Wakayama ...
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 ...