The U.S. Forest Service has shifted aerial wildfire firefighting resources along Colorado’s Front Range. Two large ‘sky crane’ helicopters were moved into position at Broomfield’s Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport this week.
This puts two firefighting helicopters in position where the wildfire danger is on the rise, the Forest Service stated in a press release.
The move was dubbed “Operation Sky Hammer.” Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the agency that oversees the Forest Service…