Two huge firefighting helicopters touched down Thursday in Riverton, Wyoming, on their way to water-bomb the devastating wildfires burning in Los Angeles County, California, a worker at Central Wyoming Regional Airport’s fuel station told Cowboy State Daily.
The massive Chinook choppers have two rotors, weigh up to 50,000 pounds each and can lift up to 26,000 pounds. They pull water from reservoirs into a hose and release it onto fires.
Steve Crane, who works at the Riverton airport’s fuel station, said helicopters from Billings Flying Service in Montana have stopped at the central Wyoming site before…