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>> pretty good, at this point. >> reporter: a touch of pilot bravado, but at his core, hes a firefighter. >> to me, its all the pilots that are doing this are just like the regular firefighters that you see anywhere. its just we do it in the air. >> reporter: but nothing compares to this jumbo jet. if you were a passenger on a 747, this is where youd be sitting. instead, on this plane, theyve got ten tanks carrying 20,000 gallons of fire retardant and/or foam, 90 tons of fire-fighting artillery....

Doors. >> well, these are the exhaust ports for the retardant and the flight engineer is going to choose the proper air pressure and the number of exhaust ports to vary the concentration, depending on what the firefighters on the ground need. >> reporter: on the ground or in the air, its one big team. >> all the guys that do this, to me, i think, are the best and its an honor to be a part of that group. >> reporter: no doubt this massive supertanker is a welcome in the war against wildfires. >> ...