BARKSDALE AFB, La. - Two Air Force Reserve Modular Aerial Spray System-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 910th Airlift Wing (AW) at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, deployed to Barksdale on Oct. 20 to conduct mosquito control aerial spraying missions starting Oct. 20, following Hurricane Delta. FEMA requested the unit, and upon approval by the Pentagon, U.S. Northern Command activated the unit. Service members are “privileged to be able to assist the interagency team and people of Louisiana as they recover from the recent hurricanes Delta and Laura,” said Lt. Gen. Kirk Pierce, commander of the First Air Force (Northern), HQ’d at Tyndall AFB, Fla. The C-130s are scheduled to spray in Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jeff Davis, Lafayette and Vermilion parishes. The 910th is home to DoD’s only aerial spray capability and dedicated aerial spray maintenance flight. (Source: 2nd Bomb Wing 10/26/20) Mississippi Note: Lt. Gen Pierce took the helm of 1st AF Northern in July. He had an early career tour from December 1992 to February 1995 as Flight Commander and T-38 Instructor Pilot with the 50th Flying Training Squadron at Columbus AFB, Miss.
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