June 11, 2025
“I’m proud to help lead the effort to strengthen Ohio’s defense community by investing in the Youngstown fire station. I’ll always advocate for our warfighters in Ohio and across the nation.”
WASHINGTON – Sens. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) and Reps. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), Mike Turner (R-Ohio) and Michael Rulli (R-Ohio) secured $25 million of existing appropriations for Youngstown Air Reserve Station’s (YARS) fire station construction project.
“I’m proud to help lead the effort to strengthen Ohio’s defense community by investing in the Youngstown fire station. I’ll always advocate for our warfighters in Ohio and across the nation,” said Husted.
The announcement comes after the Ohio policymakers wrote to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth advocating for the project on May 20, 2025.
The funding is part of the Defense Department’s (DOD) 2025 Military Construction Operating Plan.
Background:
The Pentagon and both chambers of Congress have previously supported the project, and the lawmakers highlighted its importance to America’s national defense. The project would use existing funding and require no new appropriations.
The $25 million fire station project was included in the FY25 Air Force Reserve budget request for military construction projects. The FY25 National Defense Authorization Act, which passed both chambers of Congress last year with strong bipartisan support, authorized this Youngstown project. Both the House and Senate FY25 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies appropriations bills included $25 million in full funding for the fire station.
The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025, which President Donald Trump signed into law in March 2025, included $74.7 million for Air Force Reserve construction projects—a portion of which will now be used to fund the YARS project.
The full letter is here.