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* '''Aerial Spray Missions''' | * '''Aerial Spray Missions''' | ||
At the request of local, state or federal agencies, the Air Force Reserve can conduct aerial spray missions employing insecticides or herbicides with specially-equipped [[C-130]] aircraft. | |||
* '''Hurricane and Weather Reconnaissance''' | * '''Hurricane and Weather Reconnaissance''' | ||
The Air Force Reserve maintains the Air Force's sole aerial weather reconnaissance capability, to include hurricane and typhoon penetration by its own [[WC-130]]J aircraft, augmenting the [[National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration]] ([[NOAA]]) [[P-3 Orion|WP-3D]] aircraft fleet. | |||
A third unique mission set in the Air Force Reserve, Aerial Firefighting, is conducted in tandem with the Air National Guard and also has no counterpart in the Regular Air Force. Certain units of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard can conduct forest fire and [[aerial firefighting|wildfire suppression]] missions using specially equipped [[C-130 Hercules]]<ref name="GLBSEC" /> aircraft using the palletized [[Modular Airborne FireFighting System]] (MAFFS). | A third unique mission set in the Air Force Reserve, Aerial Firefighting, is conducted in tandem with the Air National Guard and also has no counterpart in the Regular Air Force. Certain units of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard can conduct forest fire and [[aerial firefighting|wildfire suppression]] missions using specially equipped [[C-130 Hercules]]<ref name="GLBSEC" /> aircraft using the palletized [[Modular Airborne FireFighting System]] (MAFFS). | ||