Proposed cuts at Youngstown air base delayed 6 months

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Air Reserve Station was granted a six-month “strategic pause” in proposed equipment and manpower cuts proposed for the 910th Airlift Wing housed at the Vienna facility.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that the pause is part of the six-month budget deal passed by Congress this week.

The Air Force had proposed a shift in aircraft that would have resulted in a loss of two C-130 Hercules cargo and troop aircraft at the 910th. The pause measure, expected to be signed by President Barack Obama, will preserve the current number of C-130s and personnel at the air base for at least the next six months.

“The men and women of the 910th Airlift Wing at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station carry out a unique mission by serving as the sole fixed-wing aerial spray unit in the Defense Department,” Brown said.

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