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  • YARS firefighters selected to test new tech

    A firefighter equipped with an augmented reality helmet attachment system preps a hose before responding to a live-fire training event at YARS, Ohio, April 7, 2025. The fire department was one of two Air Force departments selected to test the system, developed by Qwake Technologies, which provides

  • Airmen at Work: Towing

    Master Sgt. Dan Scott, a dedicated crew chief, assists in towing a C-130J-30 Super Hercules on the flightline at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, April 6, 2025. Scott worked with fellow Citizen Airmen to move the aircraft in preparation for an assumption of command ceremony for the incoming

  • The final haul

    After a military career spanning two branches of service, wartime deployments, multiple career fields and a reenlistment after a 20-year break-in-service, Master Sgt. Dale Payne is making his final haul into retirement this March.

  • Undeterred by General Frost

    An arctic blast ushered in 2025 at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, just within Lake Erie's snow belt, and returned for several repeat attacks in the months that followed.

  • A well-grounded investment in aerial spray

    Safe to say, the success of every 910th Airlift Wing aerial spray mission in the sky begins and ends with aerial spray maintenance on the ground. In fact, the very same ground just upgraded in January 2025 in the 910th Aerial Spray Maintenance Flight building at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio.

  • Pair of C-130Js launch for first two-aircraft flight from YARS

    A pair of C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft spin up their engines before a training flight on the ramp of Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Feb. 4, 2025. The 910th Airlift Wing is transitioning from its old C-130H Hercules aircraft to the new C-130J, anticipating completion in 2026. (U.S. Air

  • Second Super Herc lands for duty

    The 910th Airlift Wing’s newest C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft takes off near the Lockheed Martin assembly plant in Marietta, Georgia, Dec. 6, 2024. The aircraft is the second of eight that the unit is scheduled to receive as it transitions from older C-130H Hercules models. (Courtesy photo by

  • Sharing in the love: Spouses take flight

    Tech. Sgt. Micaiah McCartney, a loadmaster with the 757th Airlift Squadron, walks on the ramp of a C-130H Hercules during an incentive flight for spouses, Dec. 7, 2024. For their key role in supporting the Airmen of the 910th AW, spouses were able to fly on a C-130H Hercules over the Allegheny River

  • Buckeye II: Ready for the fight

    Beginning with the November Unit Training Assembly weekend and bleeding another two days into the week, the 910th Airlift Wing conducted phase one of Combat Readiness Exercise Buckeye II, roping off the flight line and many buildings on the base to rehearse mission skill sets under fire.