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  • Aircrew surivival training teaches flyers how to survive in hostile and unforgiving environments. Tech. Sgt. Ava Swedock, a 337th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, practices lighting a rescue flare during the exercise at a beach in Key West, Fla.

    Crash Course

    Members of the 439th Operations Support Squadron spent several days teaching lessons they hope no flyer ever has to use. The unit's aircraft life support crew hosted water and land survival refresher training at Key West, Fla., Feb. 21-25 to help flight crews overcome their worst nightmare -- surviving a crash. Staying alive after impact is really
  • NAVY KEY WEST, FL -- Westover Flyers from the 337th Airlift Squadron get water survival in the sunny waters of Florida. This three day training includes pilots, flight engineers and loadmasters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas R. Ouellette)

    Westover Airman get water survival Training

  • Reserve med tech works on way to UTA

    When Master Sgt. Holly Crouch saw the car in front of her veering toward the median, she honked her horn, and thought the driver was in trouble. When she saw the car spin, flip several times and land on its roof in the path of oncoming traffic in the opposite lane, she thought the driver was dead. But that didn't stop her from calling 911 and
  • WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. -- Four inches of snow fell Feb. 2 on the flightline giving the 10 newly assigned C-5Bs a taste of the New England winter. These newer B-models were orignally assigned to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware and where built in the 1980s making for a much younger fleet of 16 C-5s at Westover.

    New B-models get taste of New England winter

  • An aerial view of Naval Station Diego Garcia.

    Around the world in 7.9 days

    If you've worn the uniform you've probably heard the slogan. "Join the Air Force and you'll travel around the world." For many Airmen it means a tour in Europe or a mission to Japan, but for one 337th Airlift Squadron aircrew the slogan was literally true. They left Westover on Sept. 12 on a mission that was supposed to be like many they had flown
  • The Air Force Band of Liberty, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., performs a segment from the Nutcracker during a holiday concert at the Springfield Symphony Hall. Hanscom's Liberty Big Band performed locally on Feb. 11 at the Palmer High School auditorium in Palmer, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michael Lanza)

    Small-town blues

  • WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. -- A view of Westover's flightline full of C-5s from a Mass. State Police helicopter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. W.C. Pope)

    Westover bird's eye view

  • CHICOPEE, Mass. -- Tara Trudeau touches one of Santa Claus' white gloves during the Westover Christmas party held Dec. 9 for Westover Air Reserve Base families. Looking on is dad John Trudeau, an air reserve technician with Westover's 439th Maintenance Squadron. More than 40 children met with Santa during the annual party. The Pioneer Valley USO, located at Westover, manages the party each year. (US Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)

    White glove inspection

  • A Westover C-5 is opened for a detailed check-up within the isochronal inspection hangar here. Westover was selected as the center for Reserve ISO inspections during an announcement Dec. 13 in which the Air Force unveiled plans to consolidate its ISO facilities.

    Open wide

  • A Westover C-5 is opened for a detailed check-up within the isochronal inspection hangar here. Westover was selected as the center for Reserve ISO inspections during an announcement Dec. 13 in which the Air Force unveiled plans to consolidate its ISO facilities.

    Air Force selects Westover as national C-5 inspection, maintenance center

    Westover will become the new center for in-depth maintenance on all Air Force Reserve C-5 aircraft according to a Dec. 13 announcement by Air Force officials. The eight existing C-5 isochronal inspection facilities will be consolidated into three in order to increase aircraft availability while cutting support costs, Air Mobility Command officials
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