910th out of Vienna stands ready to help with oil cleanup in Gulf

VIENNA — Aircraft and crews from the 910th Airlift Wing at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station have arrived at a staging area in the Gulf Coast region in anticipation of supporting emergency oil spill cleanup efforts.

“We are posturing to be ready to provide support to the ongoing emergency efforts if called upon,” said Col Craig Peters, 910th Operations Group Commander.

The 910th Airlift Wing has the Department of Defense’s only large area, fixed wing, aerial spray mission.

The aerial spray capability is designed for larvicide and insect eradication, to provide vegetation control at bombing ranges and to disperse oil slicks, officials said.