Airman For A Day

Honorary 2nd Lt. Will Lucas makes a grand entrance into the 914th Operations Group building as unit members applaud at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. on March 6, 2019. Lucas was chosen to be "Airman For A Day" which is a program sponsored by the Oishei Children's Hospital of Buffalo, N.Y. in cooperation with the 914th Air Refueling Wing. This enthusiastic 11 year old was given a tour and briefed on many sections of the unit. The program is designed to give children with medical challenges from the children's hospital a chance to experience what it is like to be a Reserve Citizen Airman. (U.S. Air Force photo by Peter Borys)

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Airman For A Day

Will Lucas (left) salutes Col. Erik Aufderheide, 914th Air Refueling Wing vice commander, after he was sworn in as an honorary 2nd Lt. while his dad Tom Lucas and Alyssa Jerge of Oishei Children's Hospital of Buffalo N.Y. look on at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. March 6, 2019. Lucas was chosen for the"Airman for A Day" program sponsored by the children's hospital in cooperation with the 914 ARW. This enthusiastic 11 year old was given a tour and briefed on many sections of the unit. The program is designed to give children with medical challenges a chance to experience some of the Air Force Mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Peter Borys)

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Airman For A Day program welcomes its newest member

Published March 18, 2019
914th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y. -- Honorary 2nd Lt. Will Lucas makes a grand entrance into the 914th Operations Group building as unit members applaud at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. on March 6, 2019. Lucas was chosen to be "Airman For A Day" which is a program sponsored by the Oishei Children's Hospital of Buffalo, N.Y. in cooperation with the 914th Air Refueling Wing. This enthusiastic 11 year old was given a tour and briefed on many sections of the unit. The program is designed to give children with medical challenges from the children's hospital a chance to experience what it is like to be a Reserve Citizen Airman. (U.S. Air Force photo by Peter Borys)