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  • 910th Airlift Wing: New commander, same mission

    The 910th Airlift Wing welcomed it’s 30th wing commander, Col. Chris Sedlacek on April 6, 2025, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. Maj. Gen. Melissa Coburn, 22nd Air Force commander, presided over the assumption of command ceremony.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

    A C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing performs an airdrop on Oct. 6, 2024, over Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The 910th AW is a tactical airlift wing in which aircrew members must maintain airdrop credit time to remain combat-ready and

  • Cyber Beasts tackle Exercise Noble Skywave

    Tech. Sgt. Joshua Powell (left) and Tech. Sgt. Malik Flowers (center), RF systems operations supervisors assigned to the 910th Communications Squadron, adjust a high-frequency radio system antenna while Master Sgt. Michelle Guevarra (right), NCOIC of RF transmissions operations, coordinates with

  • Sustaining combat readiness

    Staff Sgt. Victoria Russo, a fuel systems specialist with the 910th Logistics Readiness Squadron, drags a fuel hose after refueling a C-130H Hercules at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Sept. 12, 2024. In order to sustain combat readiness, fuel systems specialists are essential in refueling

  • Flying to remain vigilant

    A 757th Airlift Squadron C-130H Hercules aircrew prepares for takeoff at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Sept. 10, 2024. Aircrew took to the sky conducting essential combat readiness training needed for rapid reoptimization and the Great Power Competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt.

  • Why I Serve Day 2024

    Maj. Jeffrey Lichlyter: "I serve because I want to care for Airmen more than anyone thinks is possible."Tech. Sgt. John Baltz: "I serve because my father served."Maj. Jeffrey Lichlyter, 910th Airlift Wing chaplain, and Tech. Sgt. John Baltz, 910th AW noncommissioned officer in charge of chaplain