Meet Lead Mechanic Neil Bigthumb
Meet Neil Bigthumb, the lead mechanic for Tanker 912. Neil’s career began in the Navy as an Aviation Structural Mechanic. He served for...
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Meet the Lead Mechanic of Tanker 912
Meet Marvin Hollivay, the lead mechanic for Tanker 912. Marv graduated from Central New Mexico Community College in Aviation and...
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Brad Tuttle and the Inception of 10 Tanker
Brad Tuttle began work in the aviation industry in 1983. As a civil engineer college student, he decided to switch career paths and...
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Business Insider Article
Thank you to Business Insider for the article on 10 Tanker. To view the article, please click on the photo. https://www.businessinsider.c...
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Meet Flight Engineer: Gage Lowery
To operate the DC-10, it requires three trained individuals: two pilots and one flight engineer. Meet Gage Lowery, a flight engineer for...
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10 Tanker Operations- June 2021
Since early June, 10 Tanker has been called to respond to several major fires throughout the United States: Southwest: #TelegraphFire:...
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Operation Coahuila
10 Tanker’s first mission of the season is located outside of Monterrey, Mexico. The fire originated in the Coahuila Province of Mexico...
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A highlight on 10 Tanker's Captain RK Smithley
RK’s first job fresh out of high school was in 1977, when he joined an airline ground school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Teaching all...
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Leading 10 Tanker
Often overlooked fact; the world of aerial firefighting can be quite competitive. From bidding for contracts to crew performance,...
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A Brief Reflection
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty” - Maya Angelou 2017...
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Flying With New Colors
It’s been an exciting time here at 10 Tanker HQ, after a record breaking year the company decided it was time to give our DC-10’s a new...
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