An inside look at air tankers with Cal Fire

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With this ongoing fire activity, firefighters have to attack flames from the ground, and the air. Tonight our Kylie Walker shows us the strategy from the skies, and takes us to the Rohnerville Air Attack Base.

Logan Kelfsbeek, Air Attack Group Supervisor, takes us through a day in the life from above. He says they have aircraft positioned throughout the state so that they can get an aircraft on any new start within 20 mins or less.

All aircraft are sent to Sacramento for maintenance during the winter months, but with wildfire seasons lasting longer, they say crews are forced to make turn-around faster.

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