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
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. 7, 2019 C-130 weed killer How does the Air Force kill weeds to make fire breaks in hazardous areas of the Utah Test and Training Range? It uses a C-130 assigned to the U.S. Air Force Reserve 757th Airlift Squadron stationed at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio.
March 23, 2018 Youngstown launches 2018 aerial spray season at Utah range 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.
Dec. 18, 2015 22nd Air Force commander, AFRC command chief visit YARS during December UTA Santa Claus wasn’t the only visitor to the 910th Airlift Wing during the December UTA. 22nd Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Stayce D. Harris and Air Force Reserve Command Chief Master Sgt. Cameron B. Kirksey met with Air Force Reservists to address concerns for members of the 910th.