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A C-130J Super Hercules from Youngstown Air Reserve Station drops a bundle over the Slagle Drop Zone at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, during an exercise, July 24, 2025.

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  • YARS celebrates USO birthday, recognizes partnership

    Youngstown Air Reserve Station and the USO of Northern Ohio celebrated the belated 77th birthday of the USO on Feb. 11, 2018, here. Bruce Bille, the YARS USO Executive Director, and four USO volunteers were recognized for their support of the 910th Airlift Wing during the ceremony.

  • Medical Squadron, CAC proactive in flu fight

    The flu has been particularly bad this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the percentage of people seeing their health care provider for influenza-like illness is the highest since the 2009 pandemic. According to the CDC’s website 42 states including Ohio

  • Opportunities abound for Reserve Citizen Airmen

    There are many reasons to serve. Some people join to preserve a family legacy of military service. Others join to gain valuable career skills or learn a new trade while earning additional income in a part-time environment.

  • News Release: Statement on government shutdown

    Due to the partial shutdown of the federal government which went into effect at midnight on Jan. 20, the 910th Airlift Wing (AW) and Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS) are in a non-operating status until further notice.

  • Winger: The Battle for Texas

    The 910th Airlift Wing’s official mascot, Winger, is depicted in this comic strip ‘The Battle for Texas’ as he ‘goes into the ring’ to use the wing’s unique aerial spray capability to combat countless numbers of potentially disease carrying mosquitoes that descended on the Lone Star State in the

  • News Release: 910th Airlift Wing statement on Hoerig case

    Since 2007, members of the 910th Airlift Wing, along with many residents of the Mahoning Valley, have been anxiously awaiting the extradition of the alleged murderer of U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. Karl Hoerig from the country of Brazil.

  • New enlistees pursue Reserve opportunities

    Zachary Ford (center) poses for a photo Master Sgt. Kenya Shipp (left), a 910th Airlift Wing recruiter, and 1st Lt. Tyrone Wright, an aircraft maintenance officer here, after taking the oath of enlistment to become a Reserve Citizen Airman with the 910th Airlift Wing Jan. 6, 2018. Ford will work