• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hotline launches 9-8-8

    The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hotline is launching a new quick-dial option nationwide starting July 16.Anyone located within the United States can call or text 9-8-8 any time of day, seven days a week to receive support for suicidal, mental health, and substance use crisis. The line will

  • 914th SFS participates in Fallen Defenders ruck march

    Airmen with the 914th Security Forces Squadron participate in a Fallen Defenders ceremony and ruck march May 14, 2022 on Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York. The mission of the ceremony and 8.4-mile march was to honor their fallen brothers and sisters. Airmen added non-perishable food items

  • Reserve Airmen, families learn to manage deployment expectations

    Reserve Airmen learned to identify and prioritize their deployment expectations during a presentation at an Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon event in Orlando, Florida, March 26-27.Designed for those who are preparing for deployment, the presentation emphasized the need for deployers and their loved

  • Hold the ice

    Members of the 914th Maintenance Group de-ice and prepare a KC-135R Stratotanker for flight to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.Jan. 25, 2022 at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. Aircrew and maintainers are taking part in "Annual Tour Winter Fly-Away 2022" to maximize flying hours and training

  • Guns and Gas: Reserve Citizen Airman comes full circle with B-52

    Master Sgt. Corey Palmer fought to clear his head as he watched the B-52 Stratofortress grow larger in the window of the KC-135 Stratotanker’s boom operator station.The 914th Air Refueling Wing aerial refueling specialist volunteered for the assignment to refuel the B-52 here last week. Still, he

  • Niagara Airmen travel to AFMAO for mission training

    Members of the 914th Air Refueling Wing’s, Force Support Squadron, traveled to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations for a week of training in support of the mortuary mission of providing dignity, honor and respect to fallen service members.

  • September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month

    “Eighteen veterans and two servicemembers, on average, complete suicide every day,” said Joel Smith, Violence Prevention Integrator, 914th Air Refueling Wing. “For every awareness month, we try to create awareness events – it’s about getting the message out, reminding people, so that they can take

  • 20 years later, we'll still never forget

    Twenty years after the September 11th terrorist attacks, members of the Western New York community gathered in front of Niagara University to remember.“The streets were covered with thick ash and the air was filled with smoke. It was an eerie feeling and one that will be planted in my mind as long