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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

As the U.S. Forest Service starts handing out contracts for slurry bombers for the upcoming fire season, Neptune Aviation's airtankers remain "ineligible" for service, an agency spokeswoman said ...

MISSOULA -- A Neptune Aviation P2V air tanker landed safely in Missoula about 11:15 a.m. Monday after reportedly having some sort of hydraulic failure. Emergency crews were notified shortly before 11 ...