Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station

Niagara Falls International Airport Air Reserve Station is an Air Force Reserve Command military installation operationally-gained by the Air Mobility Command. It is located adjacent to Niagara Falls International Airport, New York, 4.7mi east-northeast of Niagara Falls, New York. The station is the last "federal" USAF installation in the state, the other remaining USAF installations falling under the Air National Guard).The host unit for the base is the 914th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command, and the station's Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft are shared by the wing's 328th Airlift Squadron and the 136th Airlift Squadron of the New York Air National Guard's 107th Airlift Wing.A Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS)(three at 4000x150 feet and the E/W runway at 4200x300), taxiways, etc. Military units at Niagara Falls included a Modification Center Headquarters and a training school, "Niagara Falls East Tr Sch" (a different modification center, "Buffalo Mun-Mod Ctr B", was located at the 1925 Buffalo Municipal Airport)(a USAF joint-use agreement was made for Air Force Reserve and NYANG use of the airport)(23 October 1947) and the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron. The reconnaissance units were inactivated on 27 June 1949, and the New York Air National Guard's 107th Fighter Group was federalized on 8 December 1948 (initially equipped with TAC P-47 Thunderbolts). 107th personnel deployed in March 1951 to the Far East Air Forces for the Korean War. Air Defense Command (ADC)(NFAFB)(designated 15th Fighter Group on 18 August 1955 under Project Arrow) and upgraded to F-86F Sabres in February 1953 (F-86D in September).