When the Incident Commander of the Cold Fire in South Dakota requested two large air tankers on April 2 it took almost 24 hours to find one — in Tennessee. This video, posted online by Corey Smith, shows Neptune’s Tanker 05, a P2V, taking off at Chattanooga heading for Rapid City on April 3. It arrived around 3 p.m.
Neptune’s Tanker 05 departing Chattanooga for Rapid City
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…aaaaand it looks like T-05 is on her way back to Chattanooga, ordered for the Halls Top Fire, TN-CNF
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