Airport supporting efforts to battle regional wildfires

The Mountain Home Airport continued to serve as a base of operations for aircraft battling a series of range fires burning across southern Idaho.

On July 19, four single engine air tankers, or SEAT, aircraft launched from the airport in support of the ongoing battle to contain the blaze near Lucky Peak Reservoir, which as of press time had scorched more than 4,300 acres and destroyed two buildings before it was brought under control.

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