New tanker planes sought as wildfires rage

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By Mead Gruver

Associated Press

Published: Friday, June 15 2012 11:09 a.m. MDT

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The government is bolstering the nation's rundown aerial firefighting fleet by taking steps to add seven large tanker planes. But the aircraft likely won't be available soon and several other firefighting planes are grounded as destructive wildfires rage in Colorado and New Mexico.

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