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An Air Force Reserve modified C-130H Hercules tactical cargo aircraft, assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, sits on the flightline awaiting preparations for take-off for an aerial spray sortie here, March 17, 2015. The 910th’s aircrews flew the aircraft, outfitted with a Modular Aerial Spray System (MASS), to the nearby Utah Test and Training Range UTTR) to spray herbicide, eliminating unwanted ground covering weeds which can obscure target sites and Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) on bombing ranges. The 910th Airlift Wing is home to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) only large-area fixed wing aerial spray capability and dedicated aerial spray maintenance flight.

910th aerial spray maintainers ready C-130 for UTTR mission

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Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen, assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing's Aerial Spray Maintenance Flight, ready one of the wing's modified C-130H Hercules tactical cargo aircraft for an aerial spray sortie here, March 17, 2015. The sortie over target areas on the nearby Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) was one of 24 sorties, or flights, applying approximately 32,075 gallons of herbicide to more than 1539 acres of ground to eradicate invasive weeds from the bombing ranges. As home of the Department of Defense's (DoD) only large-area fixed wing aerial spray capability and dedicated aerial spray maintenance flight, the 910th's Citizen Airmen are uniquely trained and equipped to complete the task of aiding Air Force pilots using the range and Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) personnel clearing the areas by eliminating the unwanted ground covering weeds which can obscure target sites and Unexploded Ordinance (UXO).