Corporate Leadership
Niagara Falls Joint Air Reserve Station

• Through the "Thunder Over Niagara" air show which attracted over 250,000 people from Western New York, Canada and around the world, through Media Day, and Bosses Day, the Niagara Falls ARS says a big "thank you" to the community, to those who help tell our story, and to the many outstanding civilian employers who look beyond profit margin to support their employees' service to the nation.
• The presentation to the Air Force "Tops In Blue" as the spectacular opening act for the Annual Festival of Lights.
• The Retires Affairs Office of the 914th services the needs of thousands of Western New York's retired military people within a 200 mile radius.
• The Niagara Falls Joint Air Reserve Station's mutual aid system supports emergency and disaster response operation in the Niagara community.
• Representing the Joint Air Reserve Station as private citizens, members are active in the Chamber of Commerce. A number of members hold leadership positions in local governments, school boards, and civic organizations.
• Several regional highways are beautified by Reserve Station participation in the "Adopt a Highway" program.
• Reserve Station honor guards represent the US military for civic and governmental ceremonies, holiday celebration, and Veterans activities.
• The Niagara Family Readiness Center meets the special needs of both active duty and reserve military families of Western New York when the military member responds to world-wide contingencies.
• Medical personnel of the Reserve Station serve the community through a partnership with two major regional hospitals that involves a year round exchange of public service for valuable training.
• The Niagara Falls Joint Air Reserve Station provides recurring support to: The Niagara Beautification Commission, Niagara County Stop D.W.I., Buffalo News Kids Day for Children's Hospital, American Diabetes Tour de Cure, Niagara Falls and Buffalo City Missions, Make-a-Wish Foundation, D.A.R.E., American Red Cross "Swim Across" program, Children's Hospital Variety Club Telethon, March of Dimes, Red Cross blood drives and training activity and United Way Combined Federal Campaign.

The Niagara Falls Joint Air Reserve Station supports joint use of its facilities by all armed services, community organizations and many agencies to the US government including: 98th Division (US Army Reserve) 277th Quartermaster Company (US Army National Guard) 3rd Brigade (US Army Reserve) US Coast Guard US Army Corps of Engineers US Naval Reserve Civil Air Patrol Internal Revenue Service US Drug Enforcement Agency Immigration & Naturalization Service US Customs US Border Patrol Canadian-American Law Enforcement Organizations (CALEO: a federation of almost 200 US and Canadian agencies) Federal Bureau of Investigation Niagara County Sheriffs Dept. Aviation Unit Junior ROTC NWS EARLE det. 405 (US Navy Reserve) Canadian Armed Forces Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Air Force Association Employer Support of Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Militia Association of New York Reserve Officers Association (ROA) Air Force Sergeants Association The Employers' Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Program hosts an annual "Bosses Day" on base which includes a local orientation flight for several hundred civilian employers and supervisors who attend.

Copyright 2003 NIAGARA MILITARY AFFAIRS COUNCIL P.O. Box 231 Niagara Falls, NY 14304 
Phone: 716-283-4008  E-mail: mlane@nimac.org  jcooper@nimac.org