Bolivia just got a huge helping hand in the fight to keep raging fires in the Amazon rainforest at bay. Colorado-based Global SuperTanker sent its Boeing 747-400 firefighting plane to the South ...

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The Global SuperTanker, a Boeing 747-400, will help some states fight wildfires. It has been used in California, but not Arizona.

In order for the SuperTanker to be ready for the 2021 wildfire season, the plane would have to undergo a federal certification process by June, said Dan Reese, president of Global SuperTanker ...

The world's largest firefighting plane based in Colorado Springs has been grounded and could be converted to help fight against another crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic.

747 SuperTanker joins California's firefighting fleet Global SuperTanker Service's Boeing 747-400 marked its first use in the United States after it was activated to fight a California wildfire.

As wildfires rage in Colorado, the U.S. Forest Service is not using the Global SuperTanker and its ability to drop 20,000 gallons of water or retardant.

The Global SuperTanker, a Boeing 747 retrofitted to haul up to 20,000 gallons of water and fire retardant, is fighting fires in the Amazon Rainforest.

The SuperTanker can drop up to 19,200 gallons of flame fighting liquid onto a raging wildfire. KATU News traveled to Marana, Arizona to get an exclusive look at the Jumbo Jet air tanker in action.

Global Supertanker is poised to help extinguish wildfires across California as the largest firefighting tanker in the world.

Global SuperTanker Services, LLC is resurrecting the world's largest aerial firefighting capability by transplanting the sprayer system from the dormant Evergreen Supertanker into a new aircraft.