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  • Unlocking a new era at Youngstown ARS

    Maj. Gen. Melissa Coburn, 22nd Air Force commander, receives the ceremonial key for the new C-130J-30 Super Hercules at the Lockheed Martin production facility, Marietta, Georgia, July 16, 2024. Coburn piloted the aircraft from Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, to Youngstown Air Reserve Station,

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.