NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. — Col. James F. DiFrancesco (right) accepts command of the 914th Operations Group from Col. Allan L. Swartzmiller, 914th Airlift Wing commander, in an assumption of command ceremony here, December 1, 2012. Col. DiFrancesco takes command at a base where he previously had been stationed earlier in his military career. He returns to Niagara after serving the past four years as the 514th Operations Group commander, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephanie Clark)