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PA ZYUW RUCIEHA0319 0562009- --RHDIBFF.
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 252101Z FEB 91
 FM 907 TAG RICKEN8ACKER ANGB OH//PA/AERIAL SPRAY//
 I0 RHCUAAA/HQ MAC SCOTT AFB IL//PA//
 IFO RUEAHQA/H USAF WASH DC//REL//
 RUVRAFA/HQ AFRES ROBINS AFB GA//PA//
 RUCEBLA/14AF DOBBINS AEB GA//PA//
 RHDJAAA/4SS MAW ANDREWS AFB MD//PA//
 RHDIAAA/USCENTE REAR LANGLEY AFB VA////
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 SUBJECT: AERIAL APPLICATION OF INSECTICIDES IN THE KTO
 Q15. WHAT KIND OF DISEASES DO THESE INSECTS SPREAD?
 A15. FILTH FLIES TRANSMIT ENTERIC DISEASES (SUCH AS DIARRHEA). SAND
 FLIES CAN SPREAD VISCERAL AND/OR CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS, WHICH ARE
 OPEN SORES CAUSED BY INFECTED AND BITING FLIES. THESE SORES CAN
 LEAD TO SECONDARY INFECTIONS AND SEVERE HEALTH PROBLEMS IF NOT TREAT-
 ED PROMPTLY. SAND FLIES CAN ALSO SPREAD SAND FLY FEVER, TRANSMITTED
 BY SAND FLIES BITING WILD AND DOMESTIC CANINES WHICH HARBOR THE DI-
 SEASE, THEN BITING HUMANS. THE MOSQUITO CAN SPREAD MALARIA AND MANY
 
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 FORMS OF FEVER.
 Q16. CAN AERIAL SPRAYING HELP PREVENT SPREAD OF BIOLOGICAL TOXINS?
 A16. YES. BIOLOGICAL AGENTS SUCH AS ANTHRAX COULD BE TRANSMITTED
 BY FILTH FLIES AND MOSQUITOES FEEDING ON INFECTED SORES OF ANTHRAX
 VICTIMS, PICKING UP THE TOXIN, THEN SPREADING THE TOXIN TO FOOD AND
 WATER SUPPLIES.
 Q17. HAT HAS BEEN THE SUCCESS OF AERIAL SPRAYING AT OTHER LOCA-
 TIONS?
 A17. WITH THE NEW MODULAR AERIAL SPRAY SYSTEM, AND GOOD CONDITIONS,
 OUR AVERAGE INSECT CONTROL RATIO IS NORMALLY ABOUT 95 PERCENT OF THE
 TARGETED INSECT.
 Q18. IS THERE A DANGER TO SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND OR THE CIVILIAN
 POPULACE?
 A18. THERE IS NO DANGER TO PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND. THE AIR FORCE
 ABIDES BY STRICT EPA GUIDELINES FOR SAFE APPLICATION OF AERIAL PEST-
 ICIDES. 
 Q19. WHAT WILL A PERSON ON THE GROUND SEE WHEN THE AERIAL SPRAYING
 IS GOING ON. (SHOW VIDEO WHICH IS ALREADY ON HAND AT HQ AFREL AND
 SAF/PA OF C-130 AERIAL SPRAY OPERATIONS IN PUERTO RICO).
 A19. THEY WILL SEE A C-130 TRANSPORT FLYING CLOSE TO THE GROUND AT