Air Mobility Rodeo 2011

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

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