• Outstanding Airmen

    Congratulations to the following Airmen who were selected as the 914th Airlift Wing's Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2013. Outstanding Airman of the Year Senior Airman Shaun Zelasko914 AESOutstanding NCO of the YearMaster Sgt. Sara Kern 914 MXGOutstanding SNCO of the YearMaster Sgt. Brian Starr

  • Niagara Airmen receive active shooter response training

    Airmen of the 914th Airlift Wing attended Active Shooter Training during the Unit Training Assembly, January 30 through February 2, 2014, here.The goal of the training is to provide members of the base populous a sense of awareness, as well as a tool to use should they ever find themselves in an

  • Valentines for Vets

    Erie County Legislator Edward A. Rath III, met with members of the 914th and 107th Airlift Wings here February 7 while delivering hundreds of Valentine's Day cards made by local school children for base personnel. In the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day, Legislator Rath visited local schools

  • Mission continues despite cold temps

    For much of the Northeast section of the United States it has been a bitterly cold winter, but the Air Force mission continues here at Niagara despite the cold.The extreme cold combined with snow has made it one of the least tolerable winters in recent memory.However, according to weather records

  • Congressional report recommends more reservists, less AFRC structure

    The National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force issued its report to the president and Congress Jan. 31.The report calls for moving more Air Force manpower into the reserve components but "disestablishing" Air Force Reserve Command and its three numbered air forces."Many of the

  • Deployed Niagara Airman participates in Martin Luther King event

    Guantanamo Bay's Black Heritage Organization sponsored a Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial march to remember the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. here Jan. 20, 2014.This march was meant as a way for the GTMO community to reflect on the work and contributions Dr. King made for the African

  • Air Force Structure commission releases final report

    The National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force has posted its report on the Commission' s website at http://afcommission.whs.mil.The commission visited Tinker AFB, Aug. 20, 2013 with the intention of seeing total force integration in action among active Air Force, Reserve, and Air

  • Winter Salutes 2013-14

    Take a moment to say congratulations, hello, and farewell to our Reservists who have been promoted, are new to the wing, or retiring.PromotionsCaptainLi Ali, 328 ASCarrie Dreibelbis, 328 ASDan Herr, 328 ASJeremy Macaluso, 914 FSSChad Neilsen, 914 ASTSChristopher Pike, 328 ASJulio Talledo, 914

  • AFE has aircrew’s six

    During a tactical operation to pick up a wounded Soldier for a hot medical evacuation, a C-130J pilot faces many stressors when trying to land the four-propeller aircraft into a pitch-black dirt runway, recently set up by Air Force combat controllers. Ensuring his equipment has good batteries and is

  • Niagara hosts wellness seminar

    Over 25 vendors were on hand at the Get Fit Wellness Seminar held here January 15 in the Niagara Heritage Center.This informational and fun wellness seminar provided bone density and glucose/BMI screenings, smoking cessation information, animal therapy and more to those who attended.