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Well, as far as damage locations go, it's about as innocuous as you could hope for... Rear rudder, thankfully missing the actual control linkages. It just tore some aluminum, that's all.
I wonder if the pilot was ex-military, I don't think I'd recognize the sound of a bullet striking the plane. Though I would certainly also return to the airfield after a birdstrike, any impact is a hazard.
Sure was a dick move though... I mean to shoot at emergency response workers, they're trying to save lives and homes.
It's not even the first time. There was that time a year ago when a far right nutjob ambushed some firefighters and killed two of them.
Funny how the magats and their allies in the media didn't make a big hoopla about that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Coeur_d%27Alene_shooting
These water bomber pilots are flying some of the most precise manouvers on earth. It would be fairly safe to bet all have flown in the service.