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YARS Night Out: Y-town Phantoms hockey and more

The 910th Airlift Wing Honor Guard presents the colors during pre-game festivities for a Youngstown Phantoms hockey game at the Covelli Centre here, April 2, 2016. A large group of Citizen Airmen, based at nearby Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, participated in YARS Night Out activities before and during the game. The Phantoms, a member of the United States Hockey League, defeated the Omaha Lancers 4-1 in front of a home ice crowd of more than 3000 fans. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)

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YARS Night Out: Y-town Phantoms hockey and more

Col. Bill Phillips, commander of the 910th Operations Group, gives the oath of enlistment to some of the 910th Airlift Wing's newest members during a Youngstown Phantoms hockey game at the Covelli Centre here, April 2, 2016, while hockey fans and Phantoms mascot, Sparky, look on. A group of Citizen Airmen, based at nearby Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, participated in YARS Night Out activities before and during the game. The Phantoms, a member of the United States Hockey League, defeated the Omaha Lancers 4-1 in front of a home ice crowd of more than 3000 fans. (Courtesy Photo/Deana Barko)

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YARS Night Out: Y-town Phantoms hockey and more

Tech. Sgt. Marshall Hunsaker, a broadcast journalist assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office sings God Bless America while Col. Bill Phillips, commander of the 910th Operations Group, looks on during a Youngstown Phantoms hockey game here, April 2, 2016. A group of Citizen Airmen, based at nearby Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, participated in YARS Night Out activities before and during the game. The Phantoms, a member of the United States Hockey League, defeated the Omaha Lancers 4-1 in front of a home ice crowd of more than 3000 fans. (Courtesy Photo/Deana Barko)

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YARS Night Out: Y-town Phantoms hockey and more

Winger, the new mascot of the 910th Airlift Wing, greets a young hockey fan at the conclusion of a Youngstown Phantoms hockey game at the Covelli Centre here, April 2, 2016. A group of Citizen Airmen, based at nearby Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, participated in YARS Night Out activities before and during the game. The Phantoms, a member of the United States Hockey League, defeated the Omaha Lancers 4-1 in front of a home ice crowd of more than 3000 fans. The custom designed inflatable Winger mascot, created in the U.S. by a company based in Omaha, Nebraska and sponsored by the Youngstown Air Reserve Base Community Council, is based on a 910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs cartoon which has been featured in more than 50 individual illustrations appearing in various wing publications and on the YARS website since 2007. Area residents can keep an eye out for Winger at upcoming base community events and out and about anywhere in the Mahoning Valley. (Courtesy Photo/Deana Barko)

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YARS Night Out: Y-town Phantoms hockey and more

Tech. Sgt. Adam Hernandez, a fire team member assigned to 910th Security Forces Squadron, shows a body armor vest and a protective mask to hockey fans at a table display of unit equipment during pre-game festivities in the concourse of the Covelli Centre here, April 2, 2016. A group of Citizen Airmen, based at nearby Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, participated in YARS Night Out activities before and during the game. The Phantoms, a member of the United States Hockey League, defeated the Omaha Lancers 4-1 in front of a home ice crowd of more than 3000 fans. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)

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YARS Night Out: Y-town Phantoms hockey and more

Published April 5, 2016
By Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A group of Air Force Reservists, based at nearby Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, participated in YARS Night Out activities with friends, family members and coworkers before and during a Youngstown Phantoms hockey game at the Covelli Centre here, April 2, 2016. The event also gave the 910th Airlift Wing an opportunity to introduce their new official mascot to everyone in attendance. The community relations event, organized by the 910th Airlift Wing, brought the group of Citizen Airmen to the city’s central business district on Saturday night of the unit’s April training assembly weekend. The Phantoms, a member of the United States Hockey League, defeated the Omaha Lancers 4-1 in front of a home ice crowd of more than 3000 fans.