A Youngstown Air Force Reserve unit charged with controlling mosquitoes during wartime is using bug-bitten North Dakota as a practice ground again this summer.
Huge gray military airplanes flying as low as 100 feet from the ground sprayed cities to kill mosquito larvae this spring. Another mission aimed at adult mosquitoes, which can carry diseases such as West Nile virus, is planned for later this month.
The Air Force's aerial spray unit based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna has found North Dakota an ideal place for practice because of its large mosquito population.
Williston, N.D. residents voted in November to pay more money for bug control to help bring the C-130 planes from Ohio.
