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FBaggins

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1. The US reportedly just sent the world's largest firefighting aircraft
Sat Nov 26, 2016, 07:37 PM
Nov 2016

A modified 747 capable of dropping almost 20,000 gallons per mission.


http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/US-Supertanker-lands-in-Israel-to-assist-with-raging-fires-473685#article=6024OTE1MUZCMDEwNkU5RjQxOUY0RTU2MEEyRTNGNDJEMjM=


The same report says that 50 firefighters were also sent.

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