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Joint Base Charleston – Weapons Station, S.C. – A specially-modified Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules tactical cargo aircraft, assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, flies over an area known as the spoils site here, June 15, 2013. The 910th’s Aerial Spray Unit conducted spraying operations here, June 15, 2013 to control the population of the disease-carrying pest insects at the installation. The 910th’s 757th Airlift Squadron is home to the Department of Defense’s only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
130615-F-SN450-007.JPG Photo By: Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.

A specially-modified Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules tactical cargo aircraft, assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, disperses a water-diluted EPA-approved insecticide over an area known as the 'spoils site' June 15, 2013 at Joint Base Charleston Naval Weapons Station, S.C. The 30-acre ‘spoils site’ is known to produce approximately 40-million mosquitoes per acre, or 1.2 billion of the pest insects, annually. The 910th AW Aerial Spray Unit conducted spraying operations to control the population of the disease-carrying pest insects at the installation. The 910th AW is the home of the Department of Defense’s only large area, fixed wing Aerial Spray Flight and Aerial Spray Maintenance Flight.


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