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Mark Breidenbaugh, Capt, USAFR Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio

Aerial Spray Update – AF Entomology Session. Mark Breidenbaugh, Capt, USAFR Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. Overview. Air Force Spray Flight -- Current spray projects High Pressure Spray System. DOMESTIC OPERATIONAL MISSIONS. Langley AFB, VA : Mosquito: 1973.

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Mark Breidenbaugh, Capt, USAFR Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio

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  1. Aerial Spray Update – AF Entomology Session Mark Breidenbaugh, Capt, USAFR Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio

  2. Overview • Air Force Spray Flight -- Current spray projects • High Pressure Spray System

  3. DOMESTIC OPERATIONAL MISSIONS Langley AFB, VA: Mosquito: 1973 Parris Island, SC: Biting Midges: 1983 Hill AFB, UT: Clearing bombing range: 1983 USCG: Oil Dispersants: 1992 Smoky Hill, KS: Thistle control: 1995 Mountain Home, ID: Cheatgrass control: 2000 Grand Forks AFB, ND: Mosquito : 2001

  4. Smoky Hill, Kansas Musk Thistle

  5. Saylor Creek, Idaho Oust application for cheatgrass

  6. Grand Forks AFB North Dakota

  7. Parris Island, South Carolina

  8. An Air Force C-130 applying naled to control biting midges at the Parris Island MCRD, SC

  9. Langley AFB

  10. A High Pressure Spray System for the Air Force Aerial Spray Flight

  11. High Pressure Spray systems • Pioneered by Florida MADs • Produces smaller more consistent droplet size • Use less chemical but achieve the same benefits

  12. Nozzle type and pressure influences droplet size 40 psi H.P. = 1200 psi

  13. Fuselage boom ULV Avon Park Testing Nov 03 to present

  14. Fuselage spray with TeeJet nozzles Nov 03

  15. High pressure nozzle

  16. Schedule of Events Design, Build and bench test Proto type HP system In work Submit T1 mod for approval to higher HQ In work Flight testing swath data collection Data analysis Results / recommendations submitted to higher HQ for approval Higher HQ makes final decision on system and procurement OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | JAN Fiscal 2004 / 2005

  17. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for applying pesticides in operational environments

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