Spray course takes off at YARS

Spray course takes off at YARS

A 910th Airlift Wing C-130H Hercules aircraft, equipped with a training-only modular aerial spray system, flies near Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2025. The aircraft performed a larvicide application demonstration, using water, for a group of pest management specialists from across the Department of Defense attending an aerial spray application course. The 910th AW operates the DoD’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects and invasive vegetation and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Spray course takes off at YARS

A 910th Airlift Wing C-130H Hercules aircraft, equipped with a training-only modular aerial spray system, takes off at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2025. The aircraft performed a larvicide application demonstration, using water, for a group of pest management specialists from across the Department of Defense attending an aerial spray application course. The 910th AW operates the DoD’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects and invasive vegetation and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Spray course takes off at YARS

A 910th Airlift Wing C-130H Hercules aircraft, equipped with a training-only modular aerial spray system, takes off at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2025. The aircraft performed a larvicide application demonstration, using water, for a group of pest management specialists from across the Department of Defense attending an aerial spray application course. The 910th AW operates the DoD’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects and invasive vegetation and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Spray course takes off at YARS

Department of Defense pest management specialists place droplet detection cards during an aerial spray application course, May 7, 2025, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. The 910th Airlift Wing operates the DoD’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects and invasive vegetation and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. The course is designed to help pest management specialists learn how best to operate with the unit's capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Spray course takes off at YARS

A 910th Airlift Wing C-130H Hercules aircraft, equipped with a training-only modular aerial spray system, flies near Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2025. The aircraft performed a larvicide application demonstration, using water, for a group of pest management specialists from across the Department of Defense attending an aerial spray application course. The 910th AW operates the DoD’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects and invasive vegetation and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Spray course takes off at YARS

A 910th Airlift Wing C-130H Hercules aircraft, equipped with a training-only modular aerial spray system, flies near Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2025. The aircraft performed a larvicide application demonstration, using water, for a group of pest management specialists from across the Department of Defense attending an aerial spray application course. The 910th AW operates the DoD’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects and invasive vegetation and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Spray course takes off at YARS

Department of Defense pest management specialists place droplet detection cards during an aerial spray application course, May 7, 2025, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. The 910th Airlift Wing operates the DoD’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects and invasive vegetation and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. The course is designed to help pest management specialists learn how best to operate with the unit's capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)

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Spray course takes off at YARS

Capt. Benjamin McMillan, a 757th Airlift Squadron entomologist, assists Lt. Col. Leah Chapman and Lt. Col. Mark Olson, aerial spray application course participants, with mapping in preparation for the aerial spray demonstration at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 7, 2025. The 910th AW operates the Department of Defense’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects and invasive vegetation and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Donnie Hatheway)

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The 910th Airlift Wing hosted the Aerial Application Pest Control Course at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, May 5-9, 2025. The 910th Airlift Wing operates the DoD’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects and invasive vegetation and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. The course is designed to help pest management specialists learn how best to operate with the unit's capability.

You can learn more about the 910th Airlift Wing's aerial spray mission here: https://www.youngstown.afrc.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/Article/1807880/aerial-spray-mission/