n. fighting forest fires by means of fire bombers.
See also: fire bomber
- 1959  Ontario has a new gadget that makes water-bombing more efficient than ever: snorkel-like water intakes on tanks attached to the aircraft floats that enable the planes to load up as they taxi along lake surfaces. . . .
- 1965  Airborne crews in planes equipped for water bombing seems to be the only method that can work.