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Tech. Sgt. Casey Klein, 910th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment noncommissioned Officer in Charge, operates an excavator to bring down the remains of a vacant, dilapidated house while City of Youngstown Street Department workers spray the pieces with water to keep dust and debris out of the air during the work being done in the Taft School neighborhood on the south side here, July 23, 2015. Members of the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, teamed up with a City of Youngstown Street Department team to kick off a joint blight removal project to demolish at least a dozen blighted structures in this neighborhood under the Air Force Community Partnership Program. The program is designed to identify and develop mutually beneficial partnerships between Air Force installations and surrounding communities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)


YARS, Youngstown partner for battle on blight

Tech. Sgt. Casey Klein, 910th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment noncommissioned Officer in Charge, operates an excavator to bring down the remains of a vacant, dilapidated house while City of Youngstown Street Department workers spray the pieces with water to keep dust and debris out of the air during the work being done in the Taft School neighborhood on the south side here, July 23, 2015. Members of the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, teamed up with a City of Youngstown Street Department team to kick off a joint blight removal project to demolish at least a dozen blighted structures in this neighborhood under the Air Force Community Partnership Program. The program is designed to identify and develop mutually beneficial partnerships between Air Force installations and surrounding communities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)

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Mike Hripko, Associate Vice President for Research at Youngstown State University, Ohio, discusses building defense investment in the state during the inaugural Ohio Defense Forum held at The Ohio State University here, Oct. 5, 2016. The purpose of the two-day forum was to create a united front for national security and defense in Ohio regarding the state’s defense and military industries and facilities in light of recent and potential Department of Defense programmatic changes and other future force-shaping including a Congressionally-directed Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)
Eastern Ohio Military Affairs Commission Director, Vito Abbruzino, Esq., discusses the issue of community support for the state’s military installations during the inaugural Ohio Defense Forum held at The Ohio State University here, Oct. 6, 2016. The purpose of the forum was to create a united front for national security and defense in Ohio regarding the state’s defense and military industries and facilities in light of recent and potential upcoming Department of Defense programmatic changes and other future force-shaping including a Congressionally-directed Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)
Abigail Beniston, City of Youngstown Code Enforcement and Blight Remediation Superintendent, joins the Air Force Reserve’s 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, in discussing the Ohio city’s blight remediation collaboration project during the inaugural Ohio Defense Forum held at The Ohio State University here, Oct. 5, 2016. The purpose of the two-day forum was to create a united front for national security and defense in Ohio regarding the state’s defense and military industries and facilities in light of recent and potential upcoming Department of Defense programmatic changes and other future force-shaping including a Congressionally-directed Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)
Col. James Dignan, commander of the Air Force Reserve’s 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, discusses the military value of his unit and installation during the inaugural Ohio Defense Forum held at The Ohio State University here, Oct. 5, 2016. The purpose of the two-day forum was to create a united front for national security and defense in Ohio regarding the state’s defense and military industries and facilities in light of recent and potential upcoming Department of Defense programmatic changes and other future force-shaping including a Congressionally-directed Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)
Air Force Reserve 22nd Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Stayce Harris (second from left); Col. James Dignan, 910th Airlift Wing commander (left) and Ms. Abigail Beniston, City of Youngstown Code Enforcement & Blight Remediation Superintendent (center) listen as Master Sgt. Brian Phillips (right), a structural craftsman assigned to the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron, explains a recent joint blight remediation project during a community welcome luncheon held at Squaw Creek Country Club here, Dec. 4, 2015. Harris was welcomed to the Mahoning Valley by a group of approximately 50 civic leaders as part of her visit to nearby Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS), Ohio where she had the opportunity to get an up close look at the 910th’s mission capabilities and the roles that more than 1800 personnel assigned to YARS have in national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)
Tech. Sgt. Casey Klein, 910th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment noncommissioned officer in charge, uses an excavator to demolish a house condemned by Youngstown officials, July 23, 2015. As part of the Air Force Community Partnership Program, 910th Civil Engineers received training opportunities while providing services for Youngstown including blighted structure demolition, road sign installation and neighborhood cleanup. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White)
An excavator, operated by Tech. Sgt. Casey Klein, 910th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment noncommissioned officer in charge, tears into a vacant, dilapidated house in the Taft School neighborhood on the city’s south side, July 23, 2015. Members of the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, teamed up with a City of Youngstown Street Department team to kick off a joint blight removal project to demolish at least a dozen blighted structures in this neighborhood under the Air Force Community Partnership Program. The program is designed to identify and develop mutually beneficial partnerships between Air Force installations and surrounding communities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)
Tech. Sgt. Casey Klein, 910th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment noncommissioned officer in charge, listens to instructions from City of Youngstown Street Department construction foreman Tom Sakmar while using an excavator to demolish a vacant, dilapidated house in the Taft School neighborhood on the city’s south side, July 23, 2015. Members of the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station teamed up with a City of Youngstown Street Department team to kick off a joint blight removal project to demolish at least a dozen blighted structures in this neighborhood under the Air Force Community Partnership Program. The program is designed to identify and develop mutually beneficial partnerships between Air Force installations and surrounding communities. In this case, the City of Youngstown gets skilled labor from the Civil Engineers, while the Civil Engineers gain valuable training opportunities that are hard to find under normal circumstances. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)