Port mulling base for big firefighting planes
Casey McCarthy/Columbia Basin Herald An Erickson Tanker MD-87 sitting at the U.S. Forest Service's Moses Lake Air Tanker Base. The plane is capable of carrying 3,000 gallons of water, foam or other fire retardants, and is one of five MD-87 jets the company uses to fight wildfires across the west.
MOSES LAKE — The Port of Moses Lake is considering what it would take to become a base for very large firefighting aircraft, including a converted a Boeing 747 used to fight fires.
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