Aerial spray team targets Utah test range

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Rogers and Tech. Sgt. Tom Kocis, both 910th Airlift Wing Aerial Spray Maintainers, carry a hose to the rear of a modified C-130H Hercules tactical cargo aircraft, assigned to the 910th based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, on the flightline here in preparation for an aerial spray sortie, March 17, 2015. Rogers, Kocis and other members of the 910th’s Aerial Spray Maintenance Flight are loading the aircraft, outfitted with a Modular Aerial Spray System (MASS), with a herbicide which was sprayed over the nearby Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR), 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Kocin)