Ms. Paulina Vodanovic Rojas, Chile’s Under Secretary of the Armed Forces, visited the 747 SuperTanker on February 1 at the Santiago Airport. After she hurriedly toured the interior of the air tanker just before it took off to assist firefighters near Navidad she met with the press.

When the current wildfire siege began a few weeks ago, the Chilean government was reluctant to bring in large or very large air tankers from outside the country.