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  • The Air National Guard Serves the Community

    INTEGRITY FIRST, SERVICE BEFORE SELF AND EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO. The Air Force motto not only applies to our military duty but carries over into all we do. On December 18, 2012, members of the 107th Airlift Wing continued its tradition of serving and supporting the Niagara Community Mission by

  • T-Bird Winter Issue

    The ThunderBird has changed to a quarterly edition. It will be published in March, June, September, and December (spring, summer, fall and winter issues). This will take some advanced planning to get articles, columns, and wing events published in the quarterly newsletter.We value your

  • Telling his story to third-graders

    Master Sgt. Kenneth Devole, 107th Airlift Wing Vehicle Operations Supervisor, New York Air National Guard, was invited to visit a third-grade class at Colonial Village Elementary School, Town of Lewiston, N.Y Nov. 14, 2012. Sgt. Devole talked about his past deployments, his career goals and the

  • Who do you call when you need water?

    The 107th Airlift Wing got the call on Nov, 2nd, 2012. The New York Army National Guard made the request. Help was needed in the Queens area hit big time from Hurricane Sandy. When it comes to a fast response for domestic emergency it's the National Guard. And that's where the 107th comes to help

  • 107th rushes to aid fellow New Yorkers after Hurricane Sandy

    75 members of the 107th Airlift Wing have deployed downstate to aid in Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. The all-volunteer group of Airmen is part of the 2,290-member force from across the state ordered to duty by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to respond to the storm. The group boarded two C-130 aircraft

  • 107th trains Army Guard for Homeland Response Force

    The 107th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard provided the 42nd Infantry Division of the New York Army National Guard rapid deployment cargo training here October 20th.Despite wet and cold weather, the operational company of the 42nd Infantry Division from the Buffalo Masten Avenue Armory

  • 107th Mentoring in Cybersecurity

    Once again the 107th Airlift Wing steps up. This time it's to mentor our young Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) at Lewiston-Porter High School. The mission is called CyberPatriot. It is the premiere national high school cyber defense competition created by the Air Force Association to

  • Hard work pays off in command position

    The 107th Maintenance Group received a new commander, Col. Kevin Rogers, the former deputy commander of the same group, as he moved up to his new position here Saturday. A change of command ceremony was held in which he was also promoted to colonel.On hand to pin on the eagle insignia were his wife,

  • 107th Lights Up The Sky

    The 107th Airlift Wing went on another night formation training mission, this time fully loaded with live flares to be used in a training scenario. A "flare" is an aerial infrared countermeasure used to defeat infrared homing (heat seeking) surface-to air or air-to-air missile. The two C-130

  • T-Bird Fall Issue

    The ThunderBird has changed to a quarterly edition. It will be published in March, June, September, and December (spring, summer, fall and winter issues). This will take some advanced planning to get articles, columns, and wing events published in the quarterly newsletter.We value your