With the fires in California being all over the news lately, it reminded me of an article I had seen in a magazine about P-47s being used to fight wildfires. I’m sure by now we’re all familiar with the large tankers and specifically-designed aircraft that are currently used to drop water and suppressants on fires, but it’s probably not as well known that aircraft like the P-47 were used with converted napalm tanks.

Anyway, not entirely model-related but maybe it’ll inspire someone to make a US Forest Service P-47 at some point…

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-Chad