Sens. fear Forest Service slow to replace old fire retardant planes

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2009, file photo, a fire retardant bomber and helicopter work on a wildfire south of Ashland, Ore. Worried that the aircraft that drop huge plumes of pink fire retardant on wildfires may be getting too old for the job, a group of Western senators has asked for a review of the new U.S. Forest Service strategy for modernizing the fleet of privately owned planes and helicopters, many of them over 50 years old. (AP Photo/The Mail Tribune, Bob Pennell, file)