Wyoming Air tanker firm, Hawkins & Powers Aviation Inc. struggles to stay afloat

In the three years since two of its large, fire-retardant bombers broke up in mid-flight, Hawkins & Powers Aviation Inc. http://www.hawkinsandpowers.com/ has gone from being one of the country’s largest aerial firefighting firms to the brink of bankruptcy.

It has lost key government contracts for the use of most of its heavy air tankers and essentially has been forced from a business it helped pioneer.

By BECKY BOHRER

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