tanker
「タンカー」と聞くと自動的に海の上のそれをイメージしますが、空の方の「給油機」もこう呼ぶのですね。うかつにも知りませんでした。今回は給油機が「消化機」となってアメリカ史上最悪の山火事の鎮圧にあたっています。なお、retardantは「抑止剤」、ここでは「消化剤」です。IHT(7/4/12)の1面からです。(UG)
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A US Air Force tanker dropping retardant on a wildfire in western Utah. Seven of the 21 tankers fighting some of the worst wildfires to have hit the Western United States were grounded on Monday as investigators looked into what caused the deadly crashed of a military cargo plane fighting a South Dakota blaze over the weekend. At least one crew member was killed in the crash.