MoD admits it doesn't have ANY water-bombing aircraft needed to put out fires

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MoD admits it doesn't have ANY water-bombing aircraft needed to put out fires

The Ministry of Defence has admitted it does not have any water-bombing aircraft needed to put out wildfires. On Sunday, Scottish First Minister John Swinney turned down Wes Streeting's offer to use Chinooks to combat the devastating wildfires in the Cairngorms. Mr Swinney rejected the offer because the helicopters simply are not able to drop water onto the heathlands below. Mr Streeting and Douglas Alexander, the …