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Gen. Mike Minihan, Commander of Air Mobility Command, visits the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station June 8, 2024.

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  • Niagara Firefighters hose the competition

     When the 2015 U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Annual Awards were announced in March, the firefighting teams from Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station captured three awards, more than any other across the command in the Department of Defense Fire and Emergency Services Award category.  The Awards

  • Navigator nabs 9000 Flying Hours

    Nine thousand is a big number in the flying world, especially when considering hours aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft. That is the number navigator Lt. Col. Barry Cupples, Jr. of the 328th Airlift Squadron surpassed, June 10, 2016. “It makes me feel old, honestly,” Cupples joked as he spoke of his

  • On time, every time

    The Air Force Reserve Command has initiated a beta test of the Reserve Travel System at five U.S. locations to help reduce the time it takes for some traditional reservists to get their travel vouchers processed and paid.The test is a response to repeated requests from reservist assigned to units on

  • Niagara EOD Participates in National Event

    In May 2016, three members from the 914th Airlift Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron attended a weeklong training event in Oriskany, NY.The event, known as the Ravens Challenge, is a multi-day, inter-agency, improvised explosive device training scenario. What is unique about this event is

  • Joint Training Ensures Niagara Readiness

    Nearly 200 members from the 914th Aeromedical Staging Squadron met with members of the 914th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron for a joint training exercise on May 2, 2016 on base. Members focused on hands-on medical field training as well as loading and unloading patients onto a C-130 Hercules and an

  • Saying Goodbye: Airmen and Aircraft leave for deployment

        May 9, 2016 marked the first time since Desert Storm, more than 25 years ago, that a four-ship fly away of C-130 Hercules aircraft took place at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. It was also the last, as members of the 914th Airlift Wing deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.  

  • ISO Inspections: Keeping Planes Flying

    Every 540 days, the aircraft from Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station’s workhorse fleet, the C130 Hercules, are towed into a hangar on base for inspection. A thorough analysis is performed and, depending on the findings, planes may be stripped to the bone. Panels are removed, engines taken apart,

  • Military Child recieves high honor

        April is month of the Military Child. This awareness month was established to underscore the important role that approximately 2 children play in the Armed Forces community.  Gabriel P. Curcione is one of those children.     Curcione’s father is a Master Sgt. with the 30th Aerial Port

  • Desert Storm veterans reunite for 25th Anniversary

    Twenty-five years ago, the men and women of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station made their return journey home. This weekend, they came home again.  More than 65 veterans of the Desert Storm War reunited Saturday April 9, 2016 some traveling from as far away as Arizona, to recount stories of