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  • Reservist remembers September 11, 2001

    SSgt. Angel Suarez, 439th Security Forces Squadron, was a trooper for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office on Sept. 11, 2001, and at the time he was attached to the 482nd Security Forces Squadron at Homestead Air Force Reserve Base, Fla. "I was at work; it was early in the morning. I went to talk

  • PTSD expert speaks to Westover's first responders

    Noted PTSD expert Bob Delaney spoke to 30 people at the base conference center August 7, during an intimate talk with first-responders from the military and local community.Delaney said that in his long career as a New Jersey State Trooper, he learned first-hand how tough being a first responder can

  • New commander for Patriot Wing

      The reins of leadership at the 439th Airlift Wing shifted hands Aug. 6 during a time-honored change of command ceremony held in the Base Hangar.  Colonel Steven D. Vautrain became the commander of the Patriot Wing as Col. Robert R. Swain prepared to move on to a new assignment. Major Gen. James T.

  • Westover's 2011 Rodeo rounds up big training, big win

    World-class training, neck-and-neck competition, and a coveted award for excellence in maintenance describe team Westover's experience at the Air Force's premier airlift competition.Westover's maintenance team won the Knucklebuster Award, an Air Force level award that "recognizes the maintenance

  • 439th Communications Squadron Helps Flood Victims

    Reservists from the 439th Communications Squadron participated in Operation Delta Care, Task Force Razorback, in West Helena, Ark., in July. "The timing couldn't have been better," said Maj. Jeremy Downer, 439 CS communications officer. Although this deployment was planned more than one year ago,

  • Westover Wins Knucklebuster Award at Rodeo

    Westover Air Reserve Base won the Knucklebuster award at the Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 competition. This Air Force level award recognizes the maintenance team with the highest standards of professionalism, dedication and mutual respect for competitors. Teams from around the world participated in the

  • Air Force Reservist brothers reunited at Rodeo

    The Air Force's premier airlift competition has reunited two Airmen brothers after they were more than a year apart, including a deployment to Iraq, and miles of separation.The siblings, who are reservists stationed on opposite sides of the country, were reunited at Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, the

  • Devastating weather

    Severe thunderstorms, including a large downdraft of heavy winds called a macroburst, hit the area July 26 with winds of up to 100 mph, leaving one dead in Chicopee, downed trees and power lines, and a twisted C-5 model at the front gate. The force of the wind knocked the model off its pedestal.