Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

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.

Proof to pass the torch

As the 910th Airlift Wing prepares to upgrade its aging C-130H Hercules fleet to the newer C-130J-30 Super Hercules model, testing was needed to determine if and how the new airframe could perform the Department of Defense’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray capability to control

Spray mission's future soars in test flight

A C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, sprays water during a low pass at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, as part of a flight test of the 910th Airlift Wing's unique electronic modular aerial spray system, March 25, 2024. The flight test was performed to

The 934th Airlift Wing supports Girls in Aviation Day

A group of 934th Airlift Wing women Airmen helped inspire and educate girls interested in aviation at the ninth annual Girls in Aviation Day.

Reservist flight paramedics train active duty ground medical team on C-130H patient transfer

Flight paramedics from the 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron taught 21st Medical Group Airmen to onload and offload patients onto a C-130H Hercules aircraft Sept. 13, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.

Flightline business

Senior Airman Victoria Russo, a fuels specialist assigned to the 910th Logistics Readiness Squadron, monitors the refueling of a C-130H Hercules aircraft on April 25, 2023, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. Russo works closely with Airmen from the 910th Maintenance Group and 910th LRS to

Teaching frontline recruiters

Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing and local educators from the Youngstown Air Reserve Station recruitment area pose for a group photo in front of a C-130H Hercules, April 27, 2023, at Youngstown ARS. More than 30 local educators from the Youngstown ARS recruitment area were

Inspiring future Airmen

John Marshall High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets conduct an engines-running onload onto a C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing, April 17, 2023, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station. More than 50 JROTC cadets got to see an aerial view of Lake

Mt. Home: Weed whacking

This story is part of a series giving an inside look at how the 910th Airlift Wing conducts aerial spray herbicide missions at Mountain Home Air Force Base's Saylor Creek Training Range in Idaho.