910th holds 9/11 remembrance ceremony Published Sept. 15, 2016 By Tech. Sgt. Jim Brock 910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, Ohio -- The 910th Airlift Wing held a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the headquarters building flagpole here Sept. 11, 2016. Members representing units from around the 910th participated in a parade style ceremony during the lowering of the flag to half-staff commemorating the 15th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on of Sept. 11, 2001. The ceremony included members of the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department performing a flag passing on top of a fire engine, in honor of the firefighters who raised a flag at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center. 910th Airlift Wing Deputy Wing Chaplin Maj. David A. Black Jr. addressed the attendees. “Remembering is one of God’s Blessings,” said Black. “Remembering is important because the event is far enough in the past that people forget what it feels like to be attacked, and need to remember that call to arms, to stand in the gap.” Lt. Col. Chris Connelly, a C-130 Hercules Pilot for the 757th Airlift Squadron, remembers the attacks of 9/11 when he was a Marine Corps helicopter pilot stationed in Yuma, Arizona. “I arrived to work just as the second tower in New York was being hit,” said Connelly. “We just looked at intelligence reports and sat glued to the television like everyone else trying to figure out what had happened.” Connelly served in Iraq in 2003 with the Marine Corps and has deployed with the 757th during Operation Enduring Freedom. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein addressed all members of the United States Air Force in his statement regarding the anniversary of the attacks. “As we continue to fight, may we never forget the 2,996 lives lost on 9/11, the countless first responders who gave their full measure, and the Airmen and their families who endured the ultimate sacrifice in our fight following 9/11,” said Goldfein.