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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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Old uniforms serve again

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  • By Staff Sgt. Joseph McKee
  • 914th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station --  Lt. Col. Dave Sommers (left) delivers uniforms donated by Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station Airmen to Civil Air Patrol members Cadet Rupp and Squadron Commander Maj. Ellen Maternowski
In the late 1930s, more than 150,000 volunteers with a love for aviation argued for an organization to put their planes and flying skills to use in defense of their country. As a result, the Civil Air Patrol was born one week prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.