910th Aerial Spray mission provides fire prevention, valuable training and more in skies over Idaho
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho – Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Tom Kocis, an aerial spray maintainer assigned to the 910th Maintenance Squadron, uses the control panel of the Modular Aerial Spray System (MASS) to mix water, an herbicide product and an anti-drift material in the MASS tanks onboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft prior to its take off here, Sept. 18, 2014. The aircraft performed a series of aerial spray sorties using the mixture over the nearby Saylor Creek Bombing Range. The 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, is home to the Department of Defense’s only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability, conducted a mission to spray herbicide on invasive cheat grass as a means of fire prevention here, Sept. 15-26, 2014. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
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