FOUNDED:
June 1957 by Henry Moore, Doug Gandy, Harvey Miller, Bob Bunch, Milt Watts, Bob Phillips, Wayland Fink, Jim French, and Elmer Johnson

GENERAL:
T.B.M., Inc. has been in the airtanker business since 1959 and has provided continuous state and federal airtanker services since that time. In 1972, T.B.M. acquired a majority interest in Butler Aircraft Company. T.B.M.'s first aircraft, the General Motors torpedo bomber TBM, was purchased at a military surplus sale. The TBM is the plane that former President Bush was flying in World War II when he was forced to bail out.

COMPANY OPERATION:
Aerial firefighting and aircraft maintenance

AREAS CONTRACTED:
Fresno, CA; Fort Smith, AK; Silver City, NM; Minden, NV; West Yellowstone, MT; Fort Huachuca, AZ; Pocatello, ID; Ramona, CA

FLEET:
Two C-130s, one C-54, one DC-6, one DC-7, one SP-2H leased from Aero Union

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES:
26

PERSONNEL SPECIFICS:
Pilots, co-pilots and engineers assigned to TBM aerial firefighting aircraft for 1997 have a combined total of nearly 17,000 hours flying on wildland fires.

CONTACT:
Henry C. Moore
(559) 686-3476
Fax: (559) 686-3477