According to @CalFireSanDiego the photo above shows a new paint job for CalFire’s air tankers.

Here is a link to a YouTube video from a year ago that describes the winter maintenance of their air tankers. The screen grab below is from that video, showing the older paint job. The differences appear to be very subtle. Maybe they are referring to just a single aircraft being painted, rather than a new design… other than the “CAL FIRE” below the side window.

And speaking of paint jobs, remember to vote every day for the Wildland Firefighter Foundation NASCAR race car paint job. There are six days left to vote. More information.