Impressive film and video footage of a Boeing 747 that has been converted into a firefighting tanker plane. I can’t help but notice this paragraph in the listed capabilities:
The aircraft’s exceptional drop capabilities, loiter time and size make it an ideal tool to perform challenging homeland security missions, able to neutralize chemical attacks on military installments or major population centers, and help control large, environmentally disastrous oil spills.
So they just want some of those blank checks Homeland Security has been getting, but pictures like this are still unsettling. The promotional video is a classic bit of promo video cliche.
