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Wally Badgett brought some rodeo greats on to our LIVE show. He also shared some great Buckin Horse Sale stories. The best story he shared, was about something that DIDN'T happen- the crowd was stunned.

When I heard about the World War II bomber that had crashed, my first thought was "Please God, not the Miss Montana." Upon learning the plane was a B-17 Flying Fortress, I was relieved a little by still saddened by the loss of seven people...

The Miss Montana C-47 aircraft is at its very heart a cargo plane, and the cargo being delivered by the crew for the next few weeks will be life itself, with pallets of prepackaged meals to flood ravaged families in the Bahamas.

The crew behind the Miss Montana to Normandy plane accomplished an incredible feat earlier this year, when they took the historic firefighting plane all the way to the beaches of Normandy for the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. Now, they're headed to the Bahamas to assist with Hurricane Dorian relief efforts.

Twelve of the smokejumpers and the fire guard died after the fire overtook them.

It was 70 years ago, August 5, 1949 that 13 firefighters perished in the Mann Gulch Fire north of Helena just off the Missouri River after parachuting into the area from the C-47 aircraft that is now the Miss Montana.

The Miss Montana, the World War II vintage C-47 smokejumper aircraft landed safely in Missoula on Monday afternoon to a cheering crowd after an historic mission to help reenact the D-Day paratrooper drop over Normandy.

Before they finally head home to Missoula, folks in Billings now have a chance to see the plane and meet the crew! Bryan Douglass tells us that the plane and the crew will be on hand at Edwards Jet Center in Billings from 9AM to 2PM Monday.

Miss Montana pilot Bryan Douglass shared some memories of the experience from Thursday's 75th anniversary of D-Day on the way to the airport, preparing to fly to Germany.

Pilot Bryan Douglass of Missoula’s own ‘Miss Montana’ is letting it all sink in on this June 6, 2019, exactly 75 years after the mightiest armada of planes ships and soldiers in history crossed the English Channel to begin the liberation of Europe.