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747 SuperTanker joins California's firefighting fleet

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has used Global SuperTanker Service's Boeing 747-400 for the first time to fight a fire. The SuperTanker is a former Japan Airlines aircraft that's been converted into a retardant-dropping air tanker. Adrienne Moore of CBS station KOVR-TV reports.
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