Crews At Peterson AFB Get Aircraft Ready For Wildfire Season

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – With all the snow most of Coloradans aren’t thinking about fire danger, but the people who work to protect Coloradans are preparing for wildfire season.
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Crews at Peterson Air Force Base are getting their aircraft ready. The planes can drop up to 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in a single sweep. They can be deployed anywhere in the West.
“It’s almost the summertime, that means the fire season is about to kick off in the wester