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We Have to Keep Asking: Why Did It Take So Long for the Military Aircraft to Get Up in the Air and Fight the Fires?

 Frank Gormlie  October 27, 2007  2 Comments on We Have to Keep Asking: Why Did It Take So Long for the Military Aircraft to Get Up in the Air and Fight the Fires?

It was before sunrise on Tuesday morning, the 23rd of October, the third day of the fires. Patty and I…

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