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A C-130J Super Hercules from Youngstown Air Reserve Station drops a bundle over the Slagle Drop Zone at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, during an exercise, July 24, 2025.

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    How does the Air Force kill weeds to make fire breaks in hazardous areas of the Utah Test and Training Range? It uses a C-130 assigned to the U.S. Air Force Reserve 757th Airlift Squadron stationed at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio.

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    In 1947, the U.S. Air Force activated the 4500th Aerial Spray Flight, whose mission was to minimize vector borne diseases and reduce troop loss during the war, at Langley Field.