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Feds say West won't be shortchanged for firefighting air tankers

by John Walden |

ASSOCIATED PRESS atticle posted By Arthur H. Rotstein on January 13, 2006, to The Union-Tribune of San Diego.

There will be sufficient air tankers, helicopters and other firefighting resources to battle what could be severe wildfire season in the West, federal officials say.