For those of you interested in this saga, here's your most recent link:http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp
Note that a party hostile to the IL-76 waterbomber has destroyed
the Wikipedia entry so despite the fact Wiki holds down #1 search
spot, your best bet is to pursue the controversy element through Wiki clones the hostile party cannot touch.
e.g., waterbomber.com posts Quickseek on the topic as containing the
original material, including a link to a speech made before the
US Congress and which the US media failed to pick up.
Malibu is burning again.