Airmen at Work: Spray maintainers do one-of-a-kind job
Tech. Sgt. Frank Serrao, an aerial spray maintenance craftsman with the 910th Maintenance Squadron, uses a drill with a brush bit and soap solution to clean nozzle fittings on an aerial spray boom here, March 24. Tech. Sgt. Thomas Neiswanger, also an aerial spray maintenance craftsman, supports the boom while Serrao works. Aerial spray maintainers come from traditional aircraft maintenance jobs, learning a unique skillset through on-job training to maintain the equipment for the Department of Defense’s only aerial spray mission. The aerial spray mission includes insect control, vegetation control on bombing ranges and oil spill neutralization. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White)