10 Tanker Air Carrier (Victorville) has chartered one of its three firefighting DC-10-30(ER)s out to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service of Australia. N612AX (cn 48290) is being used for fire control duties during the intense Australian summer.
The McDonnell Douglas Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) joins an L-382 Lockheed Hercules with both aircraft based out of Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond, NS in Sydney.
