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Youngstown Air Reserve Station

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Air Force Reserve Staff Sgt. Kalee Lint, a member of the 910th Airlift Wing, gives toys to children at Akron Children's Hospital Mahoning Valley (ACHMV), Dec. 14. Lint, along with three other service members delivered the toys to children for the holidays as part of Youngstown Air Reserve Station's (YARS) ongoing community outreach program and the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign. Lt. Col. John "Chinky" Kochansky and Capt. Brian Hodor, also represented the Air Force Reserve, while Chief Warrant Officer 4 Emiliano DeLeon, inspector-instructor of the Marine Corp Reserve’s Landing Support Equipment Company, based at YARS, represented the Marine Reserve. YARS works closely with ACHMV to select candidates for the 910th Airlift Wing's Pilot for a Day program, which welcomes children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses to the installation to be commissioned as an honorary second lieutenant, see various work centers and taxi aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft. Youngstown Air Reserve Base Community Council, the 910th's biggest non-profit supporter donated die cast metal C-130 toys, while other gifts came from Toys for Tots donations. Released/U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Brent J. Davis

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Air Force Reserve Capt. Brian Hodor, a pilot with the 757th Airlift Squadron, presents a toy to a local boy receiving medical treatment at Akron Children's Hospital Mahoning Valley (ACHMV), Dec. 14. Hodor, along with three other service members, delivered the toys to children for the holidays as part of Youngstown Air Reserve Station's (YARS) ongoing community outreach program and the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign. Lt. Col. John "Chinky" Kochansky and Staff Sgt. Kalee Kint, also members of the 910th Airlift Wing, represented the Air Force Reserve, while Chief Warrant Officer 4 Emiliano DeLeon, inspector-instructor of the Marine Corp Reserve’s Landing Support Equipment Company, based at YARS, represented the Marine Reserve. YARS works closely with ACHMV to select candidates for the 910th Airlift Wing's Pilot for a Day program, which welcomes children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses to the installation to be commissioned as an honorary second lieutenant, see various work centers and taxi aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft. Youngstown Air Reserve Base Community Council, the 910th's biggest non-profit supporter donated die cast metal C-130 toys, while other gifts came from Toys for Tots donations. Released/U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Brent J. Davis

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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Emiliano DeLeon, inspector-instructor of the Marine Corp Reserve’s Landing Support Equipment Company, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS), Ohio fist bumps a child after giving him a toy at Akron Children's Hospital Mahoning Valley (ACHMV), Dec. 14. DeLeon, along with three other service members delivered the toys to children for the holidays as part of the air station's ongoing community outreach program and the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign. Lt. Col. John "Chinky" Kochansky, Capt. Brian Hodor and Staff Sgt. Kalee Kint, members of the 910th Airlift Wing, represented the Air Force Reserve in the effort. YARS works closely with ACHMV to select candidates for the 910th Airlift Wing's Pilot for a Day program, which welcomes children with chronic or life-threatening illnesses to the installation to be commissioned as an honorary second lieutenant, see various work centers and taxi aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft. Youngstown Air Reserve Base Community Council, the 910th's biggest non-profit supporter donated die cast metal C-130 toys, while other gifts came from Toys for Tots donations. Released/U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Brent J. Davis

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YARS service members deliver holiday cheer to ill children

Published Dec. 15, 2012
By Maj. Brent J. Davis
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

BOARDMAN, Ohio -- See photos and cutlines to the right.