A helicopter being used to battle the Bald Range wildfire takes off from the Penticton Regional Airport, in Penticton, British Columbia, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

People float on the Channel Pathway that connects Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake as smoke from wildfires burning in the region fills the air, in Penticton, British Columbia, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

FILE - Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks during a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FILE - British driver Andy Green gets strapped into his seat before setting a new unofficial world diesel powered land speed record of over 328 mph over two runs Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006, on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac,File)

FILE - Bags of ice are loaded into the vehicle by crew members to act as a radiator before British driver Andy Green set a new unofficial world diesel powered land speed record of over 328 mph over two runs Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006, on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac,File)

FILE - This Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, photo, shows the Bonneville Salt Flats International Speedway sign, near Wendover, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer,File)

United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby walks as he attends a forum in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan)

United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, right, shakes hands with Philippine Ambassador to the U.S., Jose Manuel Romualdez during a forum in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan)