The Army's Air Service had begun operations in western New York by 1917 when a school for photofinishers opened in Rochester.

[dubious – discuss] Bell Aircraft Corporation completed a manufacturing plant in Wheatfield adjacent to the airport[6] for World War II military pursuit planes in 1941[7] and the 3522d Army Air Force Base Unit managed[when?]

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).

later in 1946 (a USAF joint-use agreement was made for Air Force Reserve and NYANG use of the airport).

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).

The 136th FIS was returned to state control when ADC activated the 47th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron on 1 December 1952 as a replacement.

Two 15th FG aircraft--T-33 & F-86 at Niagara Falls Air Force Base—collided in 1956,[9] the AFB's medical unit treated injuries from a 1958 railcar explosion.

The 1985 Niagara Falls A-4 collision of Blue Angels at the Western New York Air Show '85 was "in front of a reviewing stand" (1 pilot killed.

In 2012, it was announced that federal budget reductions due to sequestration would force yet another mission change on the 107 AW.

[2] Since 2011, the Army Reserve's 277th Quartermaster Company has provided support for fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft operations.