March 29, 2024 Proof to pass the torch As the 910th Airlift Wing prepares to upgrade its aging C-130H Hercules fleet to the newer C-130J-30 Super Hercules model, testing was needed to determine if and how the new airframe could perform the Department of Defense’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to control
May 26, 2023 Blue Tigers hunt at dusk The 757th Airlift Squadron preyed upon the salt marsh mosquitoes of Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, on May 16, 2023.
March 29, 2023 The dawn of YARS’s electronic aerial spray The 910th Airlift Wing’s aerial spray team returned to Hill Air Force Base, March 6-17, 2023, for its annual aerial spray mission at the Utah Test and Training Range to create fire breaks for wildfire prevention and safe unexploded ordnance removal. But this year’s product sprayed just a bit faster
Nov. 12, 2020 Mt. Home: Weed whacking This story is part of a series giving an inside look at how the 910th Airlift Wing conducts aerial spray herbicide missions at Mountain Home Air Force Base's Saylor Creek Training Range in Idaho.
Oct. 25, 2020 Air Force C-130s fly mosquito control aerial spray ops to support hurricane Delta, Laura recovery efforts U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft, equipped with Modular Aerial Spray Systems (MASS), and approximately 85 Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, deployed to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, to conduct mosquito control aerial spray missions over
Jan. 24, 2020 AFRC studying locations for four new C-130Js Air Force Reserve Command is currently studying possible locations for four new AFRC C-130J aircraft recently approved by Congress.“The inclusion of four new C-130Js in the fiscal 2020 Defense Appropriations Bill and National Defense Authorization Act is great news for the Air Force Reserve,” said
Reservist earns AFA field grade officer of year award A 315th Airlift Wing Intelligence Flight Reservist was recently named Air Force Association’s field grade officer of the year for his leadership efforts while serving last year with the 437th Operations Support Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Maj. Alex Arntz, 315th Intelligence
Charleston Reservist wins top Air Force photographer award Staff Sgt. Joseph Leveille, of the 315th Airlift Wing’s 4th Combat Camera Squadron here at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, was named Air Force Military Photographer of the Year this week.
2023 AFRC A1 awards announced Col. Edward Segura, Air Force Reserve Command’s director of manpower, personnel and services, announces AFRC’s 2023 A1 award winners.
Command announces nominees for FY23 Air Force Small Business Awards Air Force Reserve Command announces nominees for FY23 Air Force Small Business Awards