June 11, 2026
A U.S. Senator pushed to cut firefighting aircraft inspections the same month his former company failed one
Forest Service inspectors have flagged problems with Bridger Aerospace’s scoopers for years, according to sources and documents obtained by ProPublica under the Freedom of Information Act. The records were heavily redacted by the agency, including the problem that the inspector...

A little over a year ago, Sen. Tim Sheehy floated an audacious proposal to reshape the way the federal government fights wildfires. It called for…

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