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Prototype system tested for unit's unique mission

A C-130H Hercules performs an aerial pesticide application pass using a prototype modular aerial spray system during a test flight at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, July 27, 2022. The prototype system looks to replace the unit's decades old modular aerial spray system. The 910th Airlift Wing operates the Department of Defense's only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects, remove invasive and wildfire-causing vegetation and disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. (U.S. Air Force photo Eric M. White)

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Prototype system tested for unit's unique mission

Master Sgt. Theodore Clever III and Capt. Philip Savitsky, both members of the Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation Squadron, review mission details prior to the initial test flight of a prototype modular aerial spray system, July 25, 2022, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. The prototype system looks to replace the 910th Airlift Wing's decades old modular aerial spray system. The 910th Airlift Wing operates the Department of Defense's only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects, remove invasive and wildfire-causing vegetation and disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. (U.S. Air Force photo Eric M. White)

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Prototype system tested for unit's unique mission

Maj. Luke Stouffer and Maj. Ryan Cooley, both aircrew members assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron, watch preparations before flying a C-130H Hercules aircraft and installed prototype modular aerial spray system for its first test flight at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, July 25, 2022. The prototype system looks to replace the unit's decades old modular aerial spray system. The 910th Airlift Wing operates the Department of Defense's only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects, remove invasive and wildfire-causing vegetation and disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. (U.S. Air Force photo Eric M. White)

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Prototype system tested for unit's unique mission

Crew members prepapre a C-130H Hercules aircraft and installed prototype modular aerial spray system for its first test flight at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, July 25, 2022. The prototype system looks to replace the unit's decades old modular aerial spray system. The 910th Airlift Wing operates the Department of Defense's only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects, remove invasive and wildfire-causing vegetation and disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. (U.S. Air Force photo Eric M. White)

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Prototype system enters test phase for unique mission

Published July 30, 2022
By Eric M. White
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, Ohio --

The prototype system looks to replace the unit's decades old modular aerial spray system. The 910th Airlift Wing operates the Department of Defense's only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability to eliminate pest and disease-carrying insects, remove invasive and wildfire-causing vegetation and disperse oil spills in large bodies of water.