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  • Command honors Westover medics

    Westover took top awards at the 2011 Air Force Reserve Command Medical Award Selections. The 439th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron was cited for Outstanding Reserve Medical Quality Initiative and Air Force Medical Service Best Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Patient Safety Program of the Year. While

  • Commander’s Call Oct. 1, 2011

    Commander's Call will be held Oct. 1 at 3:30 p.m. in the Base Hangar. This is a mandatory formation for all 439th Airlift Wing reservists.

  • National Energy Awareness Month

    October is National Energy Awareness Month. Military members should take special note since the federal government is the nation's largest consumer of energy, said Maj. David Mundrick, 439th Civil Engineering Squadron.To read Maj. Mundrick's fill article, visit westover.afrc.af.mil

  • Lady Antebellum Concert Dec. 15

    Lady Antebellum will perform Dec. 15 at the Mullins Center, at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, for their "Own the Night" tour. Reservists can receive two free VIP tickets and a backstage photo with Lady Antebellum by participating in the "Refer a Friend" program.For tickets and more

  • Uniform changes as of Nov. 1, 2011

    As of Nov. 1, the BDUs (battle dress uniform)/DCUs (desert camouflage uniform) will be phased out along with the black t-shirts. Black combat boots will also be phased out. Unless in a theater of operations, tan boots will also no longer be worn. For more information, call the military personnel

  • Retirements

    Senior Master SergeantRobert KarraschMaster SergeantMichael BoucherDennis WildesTechnical SergeantLeigh BuckhoutJon DillardMichael LeeWilliam HughesFrank Venturella

  • Employers get lifted to San Antonio and tour C-5 schoolhouse

    Twenty-one employers of reservists flew aboard a Patriot Wing C-5 to Texas to see one of the Defense Department's premiere 21st century joint-service operations.The Bosslift group toured Joint Base San Antonio Sept. 7-8, beginning with a visit to the Air Force's C-5 training "schoolhouse" at

  • Tuskegee Airman trainee packs base conference center

    It was standing-room only Sept. 11 when former Tuskegee Airman pilot trainee Charles Cross spoke at the Westover Conference Center about his experiences as an African American in the military during World War II. Mr. Cross, 88, said he still finds time both to fly and instruct young aviators. Mr.

  • "Air Force One" lands at Westover

    The Boeing 747 aircraft arrived at Westover Air Reserve Base Sept. 19 after dropping off President Obama in New York City. There were no passengers aboard the aircraft. This is one of two VC-25As assigned to the Presidential Airlift Group, 89th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Md. The VC-25A is

  • Promotions as of September 2011

    Chief Master Sgt.Christopher KellamSenior Master Sgt.Patrick ConnorStephan GiordanoJoseph SchneiderMaster SergeantRyan LeveilleNicole MoralesTechnical SergeantJonathan BowkerBrian BuschJeremy CoupalCorey GallantChandler RuehrweinMark WolfgangStaff SergeantLevi CarterJustin GrenonJennifer