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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e U.S. Air Force Reserve As of:1 Aerial Spray Update – AF Entomology Session Mark Breidenbaugh, Capt, USAFR Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:2 Overview Air Force Spray Flight -- Current spray projects High Pressure Spray System
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:3 DOMESTIC OPERATIONAL MISSIONS Langley AFB, VA: Mosquito: 1973 Hill AFB, UT: Clearing bombing range: 1983 Mountain Home, ID: Cheatgrass control: 2000 Parris Island, SC: Biting Midges: 1983 USCG: Oil Dispersants: 1992 Smoky Hill, KS: Thistle control: 1995 Grand Forks AFB, ND: Mosquito : 2001
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:4 Smoky Hill, Kansas Musk Thistle
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:5 Saylor Creek, Idaho Oust application for cheatgrass
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Grand Forks AFB North Dakota
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Parris Island, South Carolina
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An Air Force C-130 applying naled to control biting midges at the Parris Island MCRD, SC
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:11
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Langley AFB
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A High Pressure Spray System for the Air Force Aerial Spray Flight
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:16 High Pressure Spray systems Use less chemical but achieve the same benefits Pioneered by Florida MADs Produces smaller more consistent droplet size
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:17 Nozzle type and pressure influences droplet size 40 psi H.P. = 1200 psi
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:19 Fuselage boom ULV Avon Park Testing Nov 03 to present
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Fuselage spray with TeeJet nozzles Nov 03
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:22 High pressure nozzle
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:24
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:25 Schedule of Events OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN Fiscal 2004 / 2005 Design, Build and bench test Proto type HP system Submit T1 mod for approval to higher HQ Flight testing swath data collection Data analysis Results / recommendations submitted to higher HQ for approval Higher HQ makes final decision on system and procurement In work
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I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e As of:26 Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for applying pesticides in operational environments
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