• Col. Newsome returns to Niagara and assumes command of 914 ASTS

    In an Assumption of Command ceremony held here Dec. 4, 2022, Col. Brande Newsome took command of the 914th Aeromedical Staging Squadron.No stranger to Niagara and the 914th Air Refueling Wing, Newsome got her start in the Air Force Reserve as a Senior Airman, Mental Health Technician, with the 914

  • KC-135 Celebrates Five Years at Niagara’s 914th ARW

    It was five years ago today when the 914th Airlift Wing said goodbye to an airframe and mission that has served the community, nation and the world since 1971. Niagara flew various models of the C-130 Hercules over the years from the A, E to H3 and then H2 model.On June 3, 2017 the 914th Air

  • Coming soon to a desk near you

    The days of the telephone at your workstation will soon go by the way of the public pay phone. The Jabber system, a collaborative software tool which utilizes chat, audio and video is currently deployed at Air Force Reserve Command Headquarters, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia and will soon come to

  • Lt. Col. Denzer assumes command of 914 AMXS

    Lt. Col. Jessica Denzer took command of the 914th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here during an Assumption of Command Ceremony April 23, 2022.Denzer comes to Niagara from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam which is a geographically separated tenant unit of the 624 Regional Support Group, Hickam,

  • 914th members prepare for 20m-HAMR test

    Airmen with the 914th Air Refueling Wing will resume Physical Fitness Assessments (PFA’s) beginning in April. This will be the first Unit Training Assembly (UTA) that the Wing will incorporate the new fitness alternative options.The 20-meter High-Aerobic Multi-shuttle Run (20m-HAMR) is an

  • Fitness testing resumes at Niagara

    Physical fitness trainers here are preparing for the return of fitness testing.In March of 2020, the Air Force suspended physical fitness testing, due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and pushed that suspension in May, September, December and for a final time in April of 2021.“Early on, when it was really

  • Lt. Col. Lunsford assumes command of 914th Communications Squadron

    U.S. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Daniel Lunsford salutes Col. Christopher Witter, the 914th Mission Support Group commander, left, during an Assumption of Command Ceremony to signify his assumption of command of the 914th Communications Squadron at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., April 10,

  • A new organization rises

    The Rising 4, a group consisting of Airmen through Senior Airmen was created just four months ago after Chief Master Sgt. Scott Peters, 914th Air Refueling Wing command chief at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, recommended separating the previous Rising 6 into two separate groups--Airmen