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10,000 flying hours
Apr 11, 2019 - Lt. Col. Barry Cupples, known around here as "JR," rolls back his flight suit sleeve, still dripping with water from the hose-down he received upon stepping through the aircrew door a few minutes earlier. His fellow 910th Operations Group members cheer as he reveals a black-inked C-130H Hercules aircraft tattoo on his forearm with "10,000 Hours" emblazoned above it. [Read more...]
Herc art and tail flash honor heritage and community
May 03, 2018 - The 910th Airlift Wing unveiled the fleet’s new C-130H Hercules tail flash along with a new nose art honouring the 75th anniversary of the 757th Airlift Squadron, May 3, 2018. [Read more...]
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Youngstown launches 2018 aerial spray season at Utah range
Mar 23, 2018 - The 910th Airlift Wing launched its 2018 spray season March 5-16, 2018, at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) near Hill AFB, Utah. The unit operates the Department of Defense’s (DOD) only large area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to control undesirable vegetation, disease-carrying insects, pest insects, and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. [Read more...]
Mosquito spraying comes full circle
Aug 08, 2017 - In 1947, the U.S. Air Force activated the 4500th Aerial Spray Flight, whose mission was to minimize vector borne diseases and reduce troop loss during the war, at Langley Field. [Read more...]
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