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  • Flightline business

    A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh, takes off at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio on April 25, 2023. Aircrew from the 911th AW practiced tactical flying operations on Youngstown ARS’s flightline and in Trumbull County’s uncongested airspace. (U.S. Air

  • Sharing the air with big brother C-17

    Water in a glass starts to shake as an unfamiliar rumble passes overhead. Residents run out of the house only to catch a glimpse of an aircraft unlike the ones they’re used to seeing.

  • Humanitarian cargo destined for Honduras

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from Youngstown Air Reserve Station and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst load a C-17 Globemaster III with humanitarian support cargo July 19, 2019, on the flightline at YARS. Reserve Citizen Airmen from YARS loaded the humanitarian support cargo on the Joint Base

  • 36 Years of Service, Lifetime of Memories

    After 36 years of service, the Air Force bids farewell to Lt. Col. Bryan Branby on March 22, 2019. Branby had always wanted to join the Air Force. His father was a pilot for the F-100 Super Sabre and this was all Branby wanted to do as a career.“To me that’s like going into the family business,”

  • YARS Reserve Citizen Airman honors Mercer County

    Senior Airman Dennis Best, a Reserve Citizen Airman assigned to the 76th Aerial Port Squadron and a sheriff’s deputy for Mercer County, had the Pennsylvania state flag flown over Afghanistan and Kuwait on a C-17 Globemaster III while serving his six-month deployment in Southwest Asia. When he

  • Mobility Airmen deliver a mission of love to Guatemala

    When emergencies happen in the U.S., the sirens of fire trucks and ambulances coming to the rescue can be comforting. Thanks to a C-17 Globemaster III crew from Travis Air Force Base, California, indigenous Mayans in Tecpan, Guatemala, will now hear that same sound of hope and help.