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NIAGARA FALLS ARS, N.Y. -- A KC-135 aerial-refueling tanker departs from Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station for the last time Jan. 23. The New York Air National Guard's 107th will change its mission and its aircraft this spring. This is the first of the unit's aircraft to depart following reassignment. The 107th will work alongside the Air Force Reserve's 914th Airlift Wing as part of the Air Force Reserve's "Associate" concept. In an associate base units will share people, resources and processes to accomplish their flying missions. "Team Niagara" will feature the 914th as host to the 107th this year with both units flying reserve C-130H2s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Dan Lanphear)


Team Niagara begins with a departure

NIAGARA FALLS ARS, N.Y. -- A KC-135 aerial-refueling tanker departs from Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station for the last time Jan. 23. The New York Air National Guard's 107th will change its mission and its aircraft this spring. This is the first of the unit's aircraft to depart following reassignment. The 107th will work alongside the Air Force Reserve's 914th Airlift Wing as part of the Air Force Reserve's "Associate" concept. In an associate base units will share people, resources and processes to accomplish their flying missions. "Team Niagara" will feature the 914th as host to the 107th this year with both units flying reserve C-130H2s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Dan Lanphear)

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Nearly 6,000 lbs. of donated softball equipment and school supplies from schools and businesses around Western New York is loaded onto a 914th Airlift Wing C-130 aircraft, February 17, 2017, at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. The equipment and supplies are bound for the Dominican Republic, where they will be distributed to schools in need. The Air Force is able to transfer the donations through a program called Denton Cargo, which enables humanitarian supplies to be transferred on military aircraft if space available. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin Nichols)
Col. Brian Bowman, Commander, 914th Airlift Wing, sits on the flight deck of the newly arrived KC-135 with Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul following its official arrival ceremony, February 2, 2017, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. The arrival of the Stratotanker marks the beginning of a transition for the 914th, from an Airlift Wing to an Air Refueling Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Sawyer)
Col. Brian Bowman, Commander, 914th Airlift Wing, speaks in front of members of the Buffalo and Niagara community during the KC-135 Arrival Ceremony, February 2, 2017, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. The arrival of the Stratotanker marks the beginning of a transition for the 914th, from an Airlift Wing to an Air Refueling Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Sawyer)
Col. Brian Bowman, Commander, 914th Airlift Wing, speaks to local media during the KC-135 Arrival Ceremony, February 2, 2017, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. The arrival of the Stratotanker marks the beginning of a transition for the 914th, from an Airlift Wing to an Air Refueling Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Sawyer)
A KC-135 aircraft arrives at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station N.Y., Feb 1, 2017, marking the official arrival and the beginning of a transition of the 914th's mission from an Airlift Wing to an Air Refueling Wing. This is the first of eight aircraft that will be flown in over the course of the next several months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Sawyer)
A KC-135 Stratotanker arrives at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, marking its official arrival and the beinning of the transition of the 914th's mission from an Airlift Wing to an Air Refueling Wing. This is the first of eight aircraft that will be flown in over the course of the next several months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Sawyer)
Aircrew out of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base stand with 914th Airlift Wing Commander, Col. Brian Bowman, in front of the newly arrived KC-135. The arrival of this new aircraft marks the beginning of the transition of the 914th from an Airlift Wing to an Air Refueling Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Sawyer)
A KC-135 Stratotanker flies over Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, marking its official arrival and the beinning of the transition of the 914th's mission from an Airlift Wing to an Air Refueling Wing. This is the first of eight aircraft that will be flown in over the course of the next several months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Sawyer)
As the 914th Airlift Wing continues the transition to its new mission as an Air Refueling Wing, the first group of veteran aircrew members to train at Altus AFB Oklahoma on the KC-135 airframe will graduate and begin returning home in February. This return of 328th Airlift Squadron aircrew members coincides with the arrival of the first KC-135 to enter the 914th inventory in February. Pictured left to right: Capt. Chris Pike, Capt. Cory Bota, Maj. Dennis Jakubczyk, Lt. Tyler Savoie, Capt. Travis Richards, Maj. Justin Fadem, Lt. Colton Thomas, Senior Airman Charles Meagher. (Courtesy Photo)
Master Sgt. Roland Selfridge (left), Aircraft Fuel Systems Shop Chief and Master Sgt. Art Fijalkowski, Fuels System Technician, both from the 914th Maintenance Squadron are reviewing a KC-135R fuel system schematic chart and comparing it to a C-130H2 in the fuels hangar at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. on January 6, 2017. The air reserve technicians are making preparations for the 914th Airlift Wing's upcoming conversion to the KC-135R Stratotanker. The aircraft in the background is the last scheduled Niagara C-130 to have fuel system maintenance performed on it. The first KC-135R is scheduled to arrive at the base in early February. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Peter Borys)
Airmen from the 914th Maintenance Group reattach a propeller to an engine of a C-130 Hercules aircraft March 3, 2016 at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. The aircraft underwent a routine inspection as part of required maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Mekkri/released)
A C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 914th Airlift Wing stationed at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station N.Y. performs a flyover at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park August 7, 2015 in Buffalo N.Y. This flyover was part of the opening ceremony at the park in their salute to the services Air Force Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin Nichols)