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DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - Lt. Col. Luke Thompson sometimes skims his C-130 cargo plane just 150 above the ground, battling smoke, shifting winds and rugged terrain on his way to blast thousands of gallons of gooey pink fire retardant onto the front lines of a wildfire. "It's kind of like pushing an elephant around on ice," he said. The Air Force res...
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