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)

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Legislative Breakfast

Col. Walter Gordon, Commander 914th Airlift Wing briefs local, state and federal legislative and or staff members as well as other local leaders about the status 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)

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Col. John Higgins, Commander 107th Airlift Wing explains the capabilities of the C-130H2 Aircraft to local, state and federal legislative and or staff members as well as other local leaders at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station on December 17, 2013. In addition, the members received a legislative update by the Niagara Military Affairs Council and a brief tour of the base facilities. 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)

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Col. John Higgins,(left) Commander 107th Airlift Wing, and Col. Walter Gordon,(far right) Commander 914th Airlift Wing pose for a group photo with some elected, civic and business leaders in front of a C-130 aircraft at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station on December 17, 2013. Local, state and federal legislative and or staff members as well as other local leaders and retired military received a mission briefing by Commanders of the 914th and 107th Airlift Wings as well as a legislative update by the Niagara Military Affairs Council. The event also included a brief tour of the base facilities and the C-130 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Peter Borys)

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Niagara informs leaders

Published Dec. 18, 2013
By Peter Borys
914th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. -- Niagara recently hosted a legislative breakfast and information sharing session. The group consisted of federal, state, and local legislative and or staff members, local leaders and retired military.

Commanders of the 914th and 107th Airlift Wings at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station were on hand to greet and brief the leaders. 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.

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