1 Introduction

2 The Vulpecula OB association in the Local Spur  
2.1 Sh 2-86  
2.2 Sh 2-87 and Sh 2-88  
2.3 Star formation scenario and distance to the Vulpecula complex  

3 Data sets  
3.1 The Nobeyama 45 m Local Spur CO survey project  
3.2 Osaka Prefecture University 1.85 m radio telescope  
3.3 The Hi-GAL project  

4 Results  

5 Discussion  
5.1 Comparison of the H₂ column density with YSO distributions  

6 Summary