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  • 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

  • Maintenance NCO informs Connecticut children about Westover mission

    A 439th Airlift Wing reservist visited a Connecticut school during "America's Week" following the July 4th weekend.The Washington Elementary School camp director, from Manchester Conn., contacted Tech. Sgt. Karl Koenig of the 439th Maintenance Squadron, who also lives in Manchester, about a visit to

  • Readiness NCO MOPPs up for last time

    Clad in MOPP-4 and peering through the confines of his gas mask, Senior Master Sgt. Alan Dedinas crouched on the ground in his bunker. If you're counting, June's Operational Readiness Inspection was the seventh -- and last -- ORI for the veteran senior NCO.And many of those Airmen who counted June's

  • Chiefs Council Scholarship

    The Westover Chiefs Council is accepting applications for a $500 college scholarship award for a Patriot Wing reservist (airman basic to senior master sergeant), and a $500 scholarship for a family member of an airman basic to senior master sergeant for the fall semester. Scholarship application

  • IG rates 439th with satisfactory ORI

    An effort of mammoth proportions, equal to an actual overseas deployment, culminated in June with the safe and successful completion of the flagship of all Air Force inspections.The Operational Readiness Inspection, held June 19-26, brought more than 400 Patriot Wing members to a simulated base in

  • ARPC commander updates Airmen on vPC-GR

    Fellow Citizen Airmen,Over the July 4th weekend, you will notice something different when you access your vPC-GR Dashboard. When you log in to vPC-GR, you will be redirected to a newly integrated and centralized site called the Air Force Personnel Services (AFPERS) website, a new Total Force source

  • Lowell Spinners hit homerun with patriotic employer award

    Tim Bawmann, president and general manager, of the Lowell Spinners professional baseball team accepted a prestigious Patriot Award May 31. Bawmann was recommended for his exceptional support of his employee, U.S. Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Paolino. Airman Paolino, who is head

  • Flag of hope

    A tattered American flag flapped in the wind, hung between two trees snapped in half. This flag managed to survive the tornadoes of June 1, in Springfield, Mass., thanks to the owner, Master Sgt. Daniel Sullivan, who unwrapped it from a tree and hung it back up even before the storm was over.This