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May 3, 2010

USAF envía dos C-130 para combatir vertido de petróleo en Golfo México/USAF C-130Hs dispatched to spray dispensants on the Gulf of Mexico oil slick


Dos C-130 de la USAF con capacidad para esparcir dispersantes, han sido enviados al Golfo de México para combatir la mancha de petroleo causada recientemente por el hundimiento de plataforma petrolífera. Los C-130, forman parte del 757th Escuadrón de Transporte con base en Youngstown ARS, Ohio. Son utilizados normalmente para combatir plagas de insectos pero ya fueron utilizados para combatir vertidos de petróleo a principios de los noventa. El Pentágono también ha sido requerido sobre la posibilidad de desplegar en el Golfo de México los Hércules utilizados para lucha contra incendios..
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Two US Air Force Reserve C-130Hs equipped with aerial spraying equipment have deployed to the Gulf of Mexico to help spray dispersant on the oil slick threatening the coast after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank.
The C-130s, assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron at Youngstown ARS, Ohio, are equipped with the Modular Aerial Spray System. This is normally used to spray pesticides to control insects, but in the early 1990s demonstrated the ability to spray dispersant on oil slicks.
The Pentagon has been asked also whether C-130s equipped for firefighting could be used to spray the slick.
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