Fred Johnsen of Airailimages despatched us details about a video he shot in Idaho on the Pocatello Airport and on the close by Ross Hearth. The video is beneath, simply after Fred’s description.
“A wildfire burned over 6,300 acres on the Shoshone-Bannock Fort Corridor Indian Reservation northeast of Pocatello, Idaho. Seen within the evening sky on August 9, 2022, the Ross Fork hearth was nonetheless lively the next day because the Fort Corridor Hearth Division battled the flames on the bottom, assisted by aerial firefighting belongings staging out of the Pocatello airport. Numerous Fort Corridor reservation residents had been evacuated to the Shoshone-Bannock resort whereas the hearth was introduced below management. Plane preventing the Ross Fork hearth included an Erickson MD-87 jet airliner tanker, an RJ85 jet tanker, a number of turboprop Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs) and bucket-wielding helicopters. A turbo Commander served as an air assault coordination plane over the hearth scene.”
Thanks, Fred!