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| | Oscoda Press: Firefighting aviators land at O-W Airport |
 | | The aircraft are either owned or contracted to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division or to the U.S. Forest Service, according to Dennis Danzl of Hibbing, Minn., the MNDNR Air Tactical Group coordinator who flew in on a Beechcraft Queen Air. |
 | | Keith Wallin, an MNDNR Air Support Group supervisor from Orr, Minn., said the aircraft, support vehicles and staff are in Michigan under the Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact, a mutual aid coalition composed of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba. |
 | | The stars of the group are the "scoopers", CL-215 air water tankers which can skim the surface of a lake and scoop up hundreds of gallons of water, which the pilot then drops on a fire. |
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