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Headquarters Air Mobility Command CCX Version 4-01-05 Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! Military Aircraft Quarantine Prevention: Strengths & Challenges Capt Timothy Davis HQ AMC/A7OO

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 2 Military Aircraft Quarantine Prevention Purpose: Provide a current synopsis of how pests are prevented from being disseminated in military aircraft operations.

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 3 Overview Background Strengths Challenges

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 4 Background Problem: Aircraft have the potential to unintentionally move organisms. Military requirements Air Mobility Command assets

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 5 Background Solutions: Airbase vector/pest management Aircraft disinsection

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 6 Airbase Vector/Pest Management

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 7 Aircraft Disinsection

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 8 Aircraft Disinsection Procedure: Situation based Label requirements WHO approved procedures

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 9 Aircraft Disinsection Aerosol Spraying (WHO Recommended) Blocks away: use of aerosols* prior to take-off with overhead racks, lockers and toilets open (in practice most commonly done in flight soon after take off) Pre-flight & Top of descent: Cabin sprayed prior to passenger boarding with 2% permethrin followed by in-flight spraying with 2% d- phenothrin as aircraft start its descent to destination Pre-embarkation: suggested but not yet recommended by WHO: use of a mixture of 2% permethrin (residual ) plus 2% d-phenothrin (fast acting) Cargo holds: have to be sprayed by ground staff prior to door closure using recommended aerosols* * 2% permethrin cis/trans ratio 25/75 or 2% d-phenothrin, 100 g cans, 35 g of formulation per 100 m 3

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 10 Aircraft Disinsection Residual sprays (cabin, flight deck, lockers, cargo holds) Only permethrin currently recommended (cis/trans ratio 25/75) Dosage: 0.2 g a.i./m 2 Dilution: 10 ml of dilution per m 2 All surfaces to be treated Treatment at intervals < 2 months Areas receiving substantial cleaning require touch-up spraying based on weekly inspections. Implies use of a fluorescent dye mixed with insecticide and UV lamp for inspections.

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 11 Strengths Japanese Beetle Control

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 12 Strengths OEF Support

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 13 Challenges Operation Unified Response

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 14 Challenges Operation Deep Freeze

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 15 Conclusions Compile regulations/guidance and list of POCs all in one location Products/labels to disinsect manned aircraft

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Unrivaled Global Reach for America ALWAYS! 16 Questions?