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Grain bin training is first product of Community Partnership Program

A 910th Airlift Wing Civil Engineer firefighter pulls a rope attached to a wooden disk buried in a bin of grain Oct. 17, here. The training apparatus is designed to demonstrate the tremendous pressure on a victim trapped in a grain storage unit, adding complexity and risk to rescue operations. As the first product of the Air Force Community Partnership Program at YARS, the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation worked with the Ohio State Fire Academy to bring their innovative grain bin rescue training platform to YARS, allowing first responders to gain potentially life-saving skills. Approximately 50 firefighters from several local fire departments, including 14 from the 910th Civil Engineer Fire Department here, participated. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White
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Grain bin training is first product of Community Partnership Program

Ohio Fire Academy instructor Dave Torsell instructs firefighters from local fire departments on the risks of rescuing someone trapped in a grain storage bin as Damascus Fire Department firefighter Zack Coker portrays a victim. As the first product of the Air Force Community Partnership Program at YARS, the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation worked with the Ohio Fire Academy to bring their innovative grain bin rescue training platform to YARS, allowing first responders to gain potentially life-saving skills. Approximately 50 firefighters from several local fire departments, including 14 from the 910th Civil Engineer Fire Department here, participated. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White
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Grain bin training is first product of Community Partnership Program

910th Airlift Wing Civil Engineer firefighter Joe Davies asks Ohio Fire Academy instructor Albert Gross a question about a grain augur during a grain bin rescue training course here, Oct. 17. As the first product of the Air Force Community Partnership Program at YARS, the Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation worked with the Ohio State Fire Academy to bring their innovative grain bin rescue training platform to YARS, allowing first responders to gain potentially life-saving skills. Approximately 50 firefighters from several local fire departments, including 14 from the 910th Civil Engineer Fire Department here, participated. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White
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Disaster exercise preps base personnel

Tech. Sgt. Tim Wertz, a 910th Civil Engineer Fire Department firefighter, calls in injury reports during a natural disaster response exercise here, Oct. 5, 2014. The exercise, which occurred during the Oct. Unit Training Assembly (UTA), was intended to hone emergency reaction and response skills for base personnel. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jim Brock.
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YARS personnel enjoy YSU gameday

Master Sgt. Dartanion Pittrell, a line recruiter assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing Air Force Reserve Recruiting Flight, watches as Col. James Dignan, 910th Airlift Wing commander administers the oath enlistment to nine of the wing’s newest Citizen Airmen in an on-field ceremony in front of a crowd of more than 12,000 football fans at Stambaugh Stadium here, October 11, 2014. The ceremony took place between the first and second quarters of the game during which a group from nearby Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio witnessed the YSU Penguins 1-AA team fall to the Western Illinois Leathernecks, 30-24. Earlier in the afternoon, more than 80 football fans representing the wing’s Citizen Airmen, along with their coworkers, families and friends enjoyed a tailgate picnic on a cool but sunny fall afternoon. The event, which has become a fall tradition in recent years for YARS personnel, was presented by the Youngstown Air Reserve Base-Community Council and the USO of Northern Ohio. The 910th Force Support Squadron Outdoor Recreation Office and Community Activity Center staff also supported the event. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
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YARS personnel enjoy YSU gameday

Some of the more than 80 football fans representing the Citizen Airmen of the Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing, along with their coworkers, families and friends go through the serving line at a tailgate picnic hosted by the 910th Airlift Wing here, October 11, 2014. The event, which has become a fall tradition for YARS personnel in recent years, was presented by the Youngstown Air Reserve Base-Community Council and the USO of Northern Ohio. The 910th Force Support Squadron Outdoor Recreation Office and Community Activity Center staff also supported the event. After tailgating festivities, the 910th group made their way to YSU's Stambaugh Stadium to watch the YSU Penguins 1-AA team fall to the Western Illinois Leathernecks, 30-24. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
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910th Citizen Airmen celebrate opening of new YSU Vet Center

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A ribbon cutting ceremony of a new, $1.3 million Veterans Resource Center on the Youngstown State University campus took place here, Sept. 26, 2014. Event guests had the opportunity to tour the new center, designed to expand and enhance services for military veterans and active military making the transition to student life at YSU, following the formal ceremony. Servicemembers assigned to YARS who are also students or alumni of YSU are encouraged to utilize the new facility. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
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910th Citizen Airmen celebrate opening of new YSU Vet Center

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Air Force Reserve 910th Airlift Wing commander, Col. James Dignan, 910th Force Support Squadron Maj. Dustin Pawlak, based at near Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS), Ohio, (both lower right) listen as Youngstown State University (YSU) president James Tressel speaks during the ribbon cutting ceremony of a new, $1.3 million Veterans Resource Center on the YSU campus here, Sept. 26, 2014. The new center is designed to expand and enhance services for military veterans and active military making the transition to student life at YSU. Servicemembers assigned to YARS who are also students or alumni of YSU are encouraged to utilize the new facility. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
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910th Citizen Airmen celebrate opening of new YSU Vet Center

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Air Force Reserve’s 910th Airlift Wing Base Honor Guard, based at near Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS), Ohio, presents the colors during the ribbon cutting ceremony of a new, $1.3 million Veterans Resource Center on the campus of Youngstown State University (YSU) here, Sept. 26, 2014. The new center is designed to expand and enhance services for military veterans and active military making the transition to student life at YSU. Servicemembers assigned to YARS who are also students or alumni of YSU are encouraged to utilize the new facility. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
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Reservists and aircraft return from Southwest Asia mission

Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. John Boccieri, commander of the 757th Airlift Squadron and the 737th Expeditionary Squadron, talks about the recent deployment of more than 110 Citizen Airmen to Southwest Asia with a local television reporter here, Sept. 19, 2014. The 910th Airlift Wing Air Force Reservists returned from a 120-day deployment that provided tactical airlift in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U. S. Air Force photo by Maj. Brent J. Davis
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910th Communications Squadron provides high-tech capabilities for Idaho spray mission

Air Force Reserve Staff Sgt. Gregory Mackel, a Cyber Systems Technician assigned to the 910th Communications Squadron (CS), listens as Tech. Sgt. Donald Adkins, 910th CS Radio Frequency Transmission Technician, talks with him about radio systems operations in the 910th CS work center here, Sept. 16, 2014. A five-person 910th CS team is providing support to the two-week mission through a wide variety of technologies designed to keep all of the 910th’s Citizen Airmen in touch with each other and their home base of Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio while performing their duty in Idaho. The 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, is home to the Department of Defense’s only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.
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910th CS supports spray ops

Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Donald Adkins, a Radio Frequency Transmission Technician assigned to the 910th Communications Squadron (CS), completes a radio check with the aircrew of a C-130 Hercules aircraft performing an aerial spray sortie over nearby Saylor Creek Bombing Range here, Sept. 16, 2014. A five-person 910th CS team is supporting to the two-week mission through a wide variety of technologies designed to keep all of the 910th’s Citizen Airmen in touch with each other and their home base of Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio while performing their duty in Idaho. The 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, is home to the Department of Defense’s only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rick Lisum
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910th CS supports spray ops

Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Shannon Doherty, a Cyber Systems Operator assigned to the 910th Communications Squadron (CS), adjusts the settings on a radio system while Tech. Sgt. Donald Adkins, 910th CS Radio Frequency Transmission Technician, instructs her in their work center here, Sept. 16, 2014. A five-person 910th CS team is supporting a two-week aerial spray mission through a wide variety of technologies designed to keep all of the 910th’s Citizen Airmen in touch with each other and their home base of Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio while performing their duty in Idaho. The 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, is home to the Department of Defense’s only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rick Lisum
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910th CS supports spray ops

Senior Master Sgt. Robert Fisher, 910th Communications Squadron (CS) Cyber Systems Superintendent, sets up a laptop computer in the 910th CS work center here, Sept. 16, 2014. A five-person 910th CS team is supporting a two-week aerial spray mission through a wide variety of technologies designed to keep all of the 910th’s Citizen Airmen in touch with each other and their home base of Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio while performing their duty in Idaho. The 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, is home to the Department of Defense’s only large-area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rick Lisum
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Command chaplain visits YARS

Col. James Dignan, 910th Airlift Wing commander, talks with Chaplain (Col.) Gary R. Califf, Command Chaplain of the Air Force Reserve, in the 910th Airlift Wing headquarters building here, Sept. 7, 2014. Califf visited Youngstown Air Reserve Station during the Sept. Unit Training Assemble. Also present are Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Klavens Noel, 910th Airlift Wing chaplain, and Chief Master Sgt. Walter Sheehan, Air Force Reserve Command chaplain assistant functional manager. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jim Brock.
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Warren teen becomes pilot for a day

U.S. Air Force Reserve Technical Sgt. Charles Runnion, an Aircrew Flight Equipment Craftsman with the 910th Operations Support Squadron, explains how to inflate a flotation device to Pilot for a Day and honorary 2nd Lieutenant Javionte Allen here, Sept. 10, 2014. Javionte came to the Youngstown Air Reserve Station where he was sworn in as the 59th Pilot for a Day and an honorary 2nd Lieutenant. His day included a base tour, high-speed taxi down the flight strip in a C-130H Hercules aircraft, a tour of the base fire department that included the chance to control a crash response truck water cannon and a Marine Corps Humvee shuttle, provided by the Marine Corps Reserve center here. The 910th Airlift Wing pilot for a day program began in 2000 to give children a break from being treated for chronic or life threatening conditions. U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Brent J. Davis
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910th responders practice confined space rescues

910th Civil Engineer Firefighter Capt. Kevin Brichetto and Lt. Randy Matejcic prepare a simulated victim for transport off the wing of a C-130H Hercules aircraft during a confined space exercise here, Sept. 6, 2014. Master Sgt. John Beggs, 910th Maintenance Squadron Reserve fuel systems chief, assists the firefighters. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Lisum.
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910th responders practice confined space rescues

910th Civil Engineer Firefighters touch a static plate prior to entering hangar 302 for a confined space exercise. The static plate helps discharge static electricity to prevent fire hazards in areas with open fuel. The annual exercise took place here, Sept. 6, 2014. U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Rick Lisum.
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Airmen volunteer to honor fallen heroes

Participants in an honor guard training course held here the week of Aug. 25 prepare for a simulated retiree training funeral, Aug. 29. Instructors from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base facilitated the course. Twelve honor guard members completed the course including eight from the 910th Airlift Wing here, three from the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield and one from the 445th at Wright-Patterson. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White.
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Airmen volunteer to honor fallen heroes

Participants in an honor guard training course held here the week of Aug. 25 rehearse firing line duties, Aug. 28. Instructors from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base facilitated the course. Twelve honor guard members completed the course including eight from the 910th Airlift Wing here, three from the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield and one from the 445th at Wright-Patterson. U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White.
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