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

FILE - In this July 30, 2007, file photo, an airplane drops its load of retardant on the Antioch Road Fire near Eagle Point, 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/Mail Tribune, Bob Pennell, file)