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  • A CAP Louisiana Wing airplane returns from a photo mission.

    AFNORTH commander lauds CAP La Wing's efforts during busy hurricane season

    Civil Air Patrol’s Louisiana Wing recently “capped” a busy hurricane support season that began in late-July with Hurricane Hanna, which was followed by hurricanes Laura, Sally, Beta, Delta and Zeta.

  • News Video: 910th flies hurricane recovery mosquito control ops in Louisiana

    A news video documenting Air Force Aerial Spray operations in southern Louisiana following Hurricanes Laura and Delta. Eighty-Five Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, have been operating from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, since Oct. 20 and has treated nearly 900,000 acres of the more than one million acres assigned to them by FEMA. AFNORTH, the Air Force component of U.S. Northern Command activated the 910th to assist civil authorities in Louisiana.
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve Senior Master Sgt. Mark Zickefoose, a loadmaster assigned to the 910th Operations Group, makes final adjustments on the cargo deck of a C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio and equipped with a Modular Aerial Spray System, prior to take off from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Oct. 22, 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 southern Louisiana.
  • C-130s travel to Barksdale for aerial spray pest insect control efforts

    C-130s travel to Barksdale for aerial spray pest insect control efforts

    C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Vienna, Ohio, taxis on the flight line at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Oct. 19, 2020. The AFRC’s 910th AW came to Barksdale to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by providing unique aerial spray capability to assist with pest insect control efforts following recent hurricanes in Louisiana.
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    ACC to conduct experiment testing agility and lead wing concepts during AGILE FLAG 21-1

    Air Combat Command will conduct an experiment known as Agile Flag 21-1 from Oct. 21-29 to test agile combat employment and a new lead wing deployment concept. During Agile Flag 21-1, the 366th Fighter Wing from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, will test its ability to deploy as a lead Air Expeditionary Wing with a wing-level air staff. The unit will employ mission generation, command and control, and base operating support elements from its main operating base at Tyndall AFB, Florida, while supporting a forward operating base at Hurlburt Field, Florida, and a contingency location at Eglin AFB, Florida.
  • A male Airman faces the back of an MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft underneath an aircraft sunshade. The Airman is holding a walkie talkie in his right hand, and close to his face. The Airman's back is to the camera and his front is lit by a bright light. Four maintenance Airmen are working on the aircraft.

    DoD activates MQ-9s for imagery support in wildland fire fighting

    Airmen at the 432nd Wing recently participated in Department of Defense support efforts to fight the California wildland fires.
  • Forensics provided by the National Radar Analysis Team helped the U.S. Coast Guard and Bahamian authorities find an aircraft down in the Atlantic Ocean near the Bahamas. The pilot was found alive and was rescued by the Coast Guard.

    AFNORTH helps save 130 lives in FY20 through CAP

    Civil Air Patrol finished fiscal 2020 with 130 lives saved, making it one of the most productive years ever for the U.S. Air Force auxiliary’s search and rescue efforts. Civil Air Patrol, in its role as the Air Force auxiliary, conducts about 90% of all search operations within the contiguous United States as assigned by Air Forces Northern’s Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC).
  • Airman searches for fire hotspots

    WADS Airman volunteers for state COVID relief, unemployment processing and wildfire response

    An infrastructure technician from the Western Air Defense Sector, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, demonstrated the tremendous value of a drill status Guardsman this summer.
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    Largest-ever firefighting activation for Nevada Air National Guard continues; unit conducts DoD mission

    Over one million gallons of fire retardant have been dropped this fire season by military aerial firefighting units such as the “High Rollers” of the Nevada Air National Guard and the support continues.
  • U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, speaks to members of the 601st Air Operation Center during a visit to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 29, 2020.

    Commander of Air Combat Command visits the 601st Air Operations Center

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, speaks to members of the 601st Air Operation Center during a visit to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 29, 2020. Kelly spent a portion of his morning visiting with members of 1st Air Force and 601st AOC and learning about their vital air defense mission supporting the North
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