10 TANKER AIR CARRIER

NJFFS Division A Section 2

10 TANKER AIR CARRIER

Tanker 910 and 911 DC-10 Aircraft, based in Victorville, California

Tankers 910 and 911 are maintained and operated by 10 Tanker Air Carrier of Victorville, CA. The crews consist of two pilots and a flight engineer. Each aircraft can hold 12,000 gals of retardant and use a computerized gravity-feed water dump system that is a modified and scaled-up version of the system used by Erickson Air-Crane on its S64 helicopter. The drop rate is controlled from the cockpit and they have complete or split-drop capabiltiies.

Tanker 910 is under contract for exclusive use of CAL FIRE. Tanker 911 is currently in the process of certification for use by CAL FIRE.

These photos were taken at the 10 Tanker Air Carrier facilities, located at Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California. Many thanks to Mr. Morgan Gillette for this exclusive photo opportunity. See copyright notice below!

Notice: These photos are copyrighted property of this website! They may not be copied, duplicated, altered, or reproduced in any manner without joint written consent from the webmaster and 10 Tanker Air Carrier.

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Systems Controls

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DC-10 Main Cabin

Engineering Crew

Flight Deck Door

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