10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC
Airlines and AviationNew Mexico, United States11-50 Employees
10 Tanker Air Carrier, LLC operates in the Airlines and Aviation sector from its base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 2006, the company provides retardant delivery services to the wildland fire community using a DC-10 aircraft equipped with a fire retardant tank system. It has completed hundreds of missions across multiple states as well as Canada and Australia. The DC-10 system is capable of delivering a larger volume per load than other IAB-approved methods, producing a retardant line roughly 50 feet wide and more than two-thirds of a mile long. With rapid turnarounds across a broad network of reload bases, the aircraft can perform load-and-return cycles to the fire zone. Overall, the approach supports ground firefighting objectives, reduces firefighter exposure times, and lowers the number of flights required to bring a blaze under control.