New Year brings heavy deployments at Westover

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  • By Master Sgt. Tom Allocco
  • 439th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. --  About 200 reservists of the 439th Airlift Wing began deploying this month to the Middle East in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

The deploying Airmen are scheduled to serve four-to-six month tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. They represent about 10 percent of the 439th Airlift Wing reservists and will be the largest group of Wing members to serve overseas in the Global War on Terrorism.

Security specialists recently departed for several weeks of specialized training in Texas in preparation for overseas deployment.