Fire fighting aircraft are much like their military counterparts in that they tend to have nick names and representative nose art. This is a shot of Tanker 2, A-26B Invader B.U. No. 44-35898. The painting is of supposedly Moses throwing lightning bolt at the "Burning Bush" and is known as "Holy Smoke!" The aircraft has since been retired from fire fighting and now resides in Australia.

Fred Paget, photographer