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  • Master Sgt. Robert Richter, 439th Maintenance Squadron, explains a T-tail box of a C-5 Galaxy to members of the Dean Junior ROTC Detachment during a base tour at Westover Oct. 22. The cadets toured a sheet metals shop, a C-5, and the base fire station during their visit to the base from Holyoke, Mass. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)

    T-tail topics

  • Lt. Col. Rene Bloomer, 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron chief nurse, helps pull her quad team to victory at the International Masters Regatta in Princeton, N.J. She has competed all season and captured several firsts in singles, doubles and quads , often back-to-back, like the Head of the Hudson Regatta in Albany, N.Y., where she took first in the single and double race in her category. Colonel Bloomer’s weekly training regimen includes rowing up to 50 miles 25 miles biking on weekends, plus weight training. (Courtesy photo)

    Victory stroke

  • SIDELINE STRATEGIES -- (From left) Coaches Zaki-Jabbar Robinson, Alan Fairey, and Pete Hilario call out plays from the sidelines. (US Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Sandi Michon)

    Three MXS reservists help launch C-5’s – and young men

    On a beautiful, autumn Sunday afternoon, three coaches pace the sidelines with clipboards--strategizing, encouraging, yelling out play codes, moving players like a chess game - with an intensity easily matching the pros. The intense trio includes Tech. Sgt. Zaki-Jabbar Robinson, Senior Airman Alan Fairey, and Master Sgt. Pedro "Pete" Hilario. The
  • PALLET PRACTICE -- Maryanne Cataldo directs the loading of a pallet during Operation Bosslift Oct. 4. More than 20 employers who visited Westover took part in hands-on training to give them a better idea of what Air Force reservists do while at Westover. The busy schedule also included the bosses eating Meals-Ready-to-Eat for lunch, going through a simulated moblity line, and a C-5 flight over New England. (US Air Forcephoto by Tech. Sgt. Troy Thibeault)

    Employers 'deploy' for a day at Dogpatch

    Westover's Employer Appreciation Day turned into Employer Education Day when 21 Reservists' bosses "mobilized" Oct. 4, as part of Operation Bosslift. An air of uncertainty fell on the group as they processed through a mobility line. With mobility folder in hand, they fielded questions about their wills, family care, and spiritual care. They faced a
  • Col. Robert Swain, 439th Airlift Wing commander, leads the oath of enlistment with Chief Master Sgt. Erik Anderson, wing senior recruiter, during the mass enlistment ceremony held Oct. 8 in a Patriot Wing C-5 Galaxy. More than 20 men and women either reenlisted or enlisted as new Airmen in the Air Force Reserve. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)

    Mass enlistment

  • Maj. Joseph Zackaricz unfurls an American flag while atop an Afghanistan mountain while on a patrol for Taliban insurgents. (US Air Force photo/Capt Chad Sitzman)

    Officer embeds with Army in Afghanistan mountains

    After weeks of training in the plains of Kansas, Maj. Joseph Zackaricz was ready to tackle just about any challenge as he headed to Afghanistan. Major Zackaricz, maintenance operations officer with the 439th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, didn't know that he would be scaling 7,000-foot-high mountains while scanning the countryside for Taliban
  • Maj. Joseph Zackaricz unfurls an American flag while atop an Afghanistan mountain while on a patrol for Taliban insurgents. (US Air Force photo/Capt Chad Sitzman)

    Taliban hunter

  • Employer Day planned for Oct. 4

    The 439th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office will host the annual Employer Day Oct. 4 with events scheduled at the Westover Club, a "Dogpatch deployment" and a C-5 orientation flight. The goals of Employer Day are to provide employers of reservists the opportunity to learn about the 439th Airlift Wing's mission and to garner their support as
  • Employers tour a C-5 during a flight over New England during the 2007 Westover Employer Day. This year's Employer Day will take place Oct. 4. For more information, contact the Westover Public Affairs Office at 413-557-2020. (US Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michael Lanza)

    Employer Day scheduled for Oct. 4

  • Members of the 439th Civil Engineering Squadron get a bag drag going while packing a bus for their trip ahead to Southwest Asia. The Airmen are deploying as firefighters for about four months. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)

    Bag drag

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