Really Major InfestationCall the 910th: There is only one unit in the Defense Department that has full-time, fixed-wing aerial spray capability—Air Force Reserve Command’s 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown, Ohio. The unit has sent two specially equipped C-130s and 50 crew members to Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi to knock out the mosquitoes and filth flies proliferating since Katrina came through the area. Such pests carry a host of diseases. The Reservists are flying out of Duke Field, Fla., and can cover 60,000 acres per C-130 each day.
U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles have roared out of Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., for the last time. The 104th Fighter Wing’s last three F-15Cs departed the base Oct. 23 for the “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., ending the aircraft's era on the frontlines of homeland defense.
