Lt.Col. (retired) Dick Waring displays a shadow box with his rank and medals with Col. Allan Swartzmiller (right), 914th Airlift Wing Commander and Col. Bret Larson (left), 914th Airlift Wing Vice Commander at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, NY on August 4, 2012. Waring was presented with the shadow box in appreciation for telling his story for the Air Force Pioneers in Blue Program, to be seen in the near future on the internet. (U.S. Air Force photo by Peter Borys)