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10,000 flying hours
Apr 11, 2019 - Lt. Col. Barry Cupples, known around here as "JR," rolls back his flight suit sleeve, still dripping with water from the hose-down he received upon stepping through the aircrew door a few minutes earlier. His fellow 910th Operations Group members cheer as he reveals a black-inked C-130H Hercules aircraft tattoo on his forearm with "10,000 Hours" emblazoned above it. [Read more...]
Herc art and tail flash honor heritage and community
May 03, 2018 - The 910th Airlift Wing unveiled the fleet’s new C-130H Hercules tail flash along with a new nose art honouring the 75th anniversary of the 757th Airlift Squadron, May 3, 2018. [Read more...]
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Youngstown launches 2018 aerial spray season at Utah range
Mar 23, 2018 - The 910th Airlift Wing launched its 2018 spray season March 5-16, 2018, at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) near Hill AFB, Utah. The unit operates the Department of Defense’s (DOD) only large area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to control undesirable vegetation, disease-carrying insects, pest insects, and to disperse oil spills in large bodies of water. [Read more...]
Earth Wind and Fire: Reservists own the skies
Sep 11, 2017 - For the first time in the nearly 70-year history of the Air Force Reserve, all three special mission units have been called to action simultaneously due to a series of catastrophic events that have affected wide swaths of the U.S. [Read more...]
Citizen Airmen share aerial spray know-how
Jan 15, 2016 - Citizen Airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing’s highly-specialized aerial spray unit facilitated the Department of Defense's (DoD) Aerial Spray Certification Course at the Lee County Mosquito Control District Training Center on January 11-14, 2016. [Read more...]
773rd AS deactivated after nearly two decades with the 910th AW
Apr 07, 2014 - The Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing held a deactivation ceremony for the 773rd Airlift Squadron on, April 6, 2014. [Read more...]
Goodbye, Tail 3021: 910 AW C-130 departs Youngstown for final time
Mar 06, 2014 - With little fanfare, the 910th Airlift Wing said goodbye to a member of the family. Recent US Air Force structure changes eliminated four C-130 Hercules tactical cargo transport aircraft from the wing's Primary Aircraft Inventory (PAI). [Read more...]
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