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  • 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.

  • Family picnic set for September UTA

    The 439th Airlift Wing Family Day Picnic is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 11 on the Base Ellipse.Free food will include chicken, sausages, hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, pasta salad, ice cream and soda. Activities scheduled include bounce houses, hayrides, face painting, horseshoes, a flight

  • Combined Federal Campaign run

    People interested in running in the runway road race to benefit the Combined Federal Campaign, may register at 9 a.m. Sept. 11, just before Family Day gets under way.Participants can run in a 5-kilometer race or in a 2-mile walk. This event, which takes place at 10 a.m., marks the 50th anniversary

  • Wing changes command Aug. 6

    Steven Vautrain will assume command of the 439th Airlift Wing from Col. Robert Swain Jr. at 11 a.m. Aug. 6 in the Base Hangar.Colonel Vautrain comes to Westover from his position as Chief, Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. He is a

  • Promotions

    Congratulations to all!Senior master sergeantJason MartinMaster sergeantDominique CorbettPeter MurphyRobert PageTechnical sergeantKimberly CarterMatthew DauphinaisMiguel DejesusTimothy FinchLaura HagmeyerRobin HammondMatthew KruegerRichard MitchellStephen PareFrancis SforzaStaff sergeantTheodore

  • Heavy lift for a heavy lifter

    Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, stationed at Camp Lemonnier, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn Africa, in Djibouti, prepare to unload a Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, July 14, from an Air Force Reserve Command C-5B assigned to the 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve

  • ORI exceptional performers

    The Air Mobility Command Inspector General team cited the following Patriot Wing Airmen and teams as exceptional performers during the June Operational Readiness Inspection:IG COIN RECIPIENTS UNITMSgt. Anthony C. Giardini Jr -  439th Security Forces SquadronMSgt. Shawn A Manley - 439th Aircraft