Congressman Brian Higgins, N.Y. 26th district (third from left) along with other federal, state, and local legislative and or staff members, local leaders and retired military receive a mission briefing by Commanders of the 914th and 107th Airlift Wings at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station on December 17, 2013. In addition to the mission brief the members received a legislative update by the Niagara Military Affairs Council and a brief tour of the base facilities and a C-130 aircraft. The Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station is home to the 914th and 107th Airlift Wings, the Military Entrance Processing Station and Army Reserve and National Guard units. The base employs over 3,500 personnel and is indirectly responsible for creating hundreds of jobs in western New York. (U.S. Air Force photo by Peter Borys)