Santa Maria Air Tanker Base Unveils Major Expansion

Santa Maria Air Tanker Base Unveils Major Expansion

A ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday celebrated the Santa Maria Air Tanker Base’s major expansion to faster aircraft loading capability, new crew amenities and an upstairs operations room to support aerial firefighting across the western United States. With the project planned for years and finally completed this summer, Los Padres National Forest officials had to delay the celebration several weeks because of the significant Gifford Fire last mont…