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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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  • Regional firefighters familiarized on C-130 emergency response

    A C-130H Hercules aircraft from Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio sits on the ramp at Erie International Airport Tom Ridge Field, Pennsylvania, Nov. 10, 2023. Aircrew flew the aircraft to the airport so that Youngstown ARS firefighters could orient Erie firefighters on emergency response

  • Ready Airmen: CBRNE exercise

    Members of Youngstown Air Reserve Station's 910th Airlift Wing participate in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosives response exercise, Dec. 3, 2023.

  • Community supported readiness

    Dr. Jeremy Taylor, a dentist with Mercy Health, conducts a dental examination on Senior Airman Sabita Byanjankar, an aerospace medical specialist with the 910th Medical Squadron, on Nov. 4, 2023, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. Dentists from the community came to the installation to help

  • Port Dawgs team with March crew to load Patriot Medic cargo

    A 452nd Air Mobility Wing C-17 Globemaster III from March Air Reserve Base, California, is prepped to receive cargo at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Sept. 9, 2023. The aircraft came to pick up equipment from the Patriot Medic 2023 exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Juliet Louden)

  • IDLC 23, August: Grenades and claymores

    Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Chase, Integrated Defense Leadership Course chief assigned to the 310th Security Forces Squadron, Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, instructs IDLC students assigned to the Texas Air National Guard’s 204th SFS and the 919th SFS, Duke Field, Florida, on how to detonate a

  • Forging Defenders for the fight

    Based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, IDLC is a year-round training program that focuses on Agile Combat Employment concepts and the tactical skills necessary for Defenders in wartime situations.

  • The heart of Innovative Readiness Training

    Innovative Readiness Training is a Department of Defense program that delivers Joint Force training to service members and incidental benefits to American communities. IRT’s vision is a secure and prosperous America supported by strong civil-military relations.

  • IDLC 23, August: Guard and Reserve Defenders learn TCCC

    Staff Sgt. David Duncan, a Defender assigned to the 919th Security Forces Squadron, Duke Field, Florida, performs tactical combat casualty care during on Tech. Sgt. Taylor Adamson, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 507th SFS, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, during

  • Exercise Patriot Medic sharpens chemical attack response

    Master Sgt. Julie Fuleky, a medical technician assigned to the 433rd Medical Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, and Capt. Ranieka Lee, a clinical nurse also assigned to the 433MDG, provide care for a patient during Exercise Patriot Medic at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Aug.