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  • Retired Westover maintainers donate to base honor guard

    Kindness spans generations of the Westover family.A group of retired Air Force Reserve maintainers recently gathered 60 donated shell casing bags and turned them over to the Base Honor Guard April 7."We've encouraged our group to give back to the base by getting involved in some of the base's

  • Top 3 Kick-off the Summer Volleyball Tournament

    The 2011 Westover Top 3 Kick-off the Summer Volleyball Tournament to benefit the Enlisted Scholarship Fund will be held June 4th. The event will take place at 4 p.m. at the New Pavilion Arena, next to the Base Exchange. The cost is $5 per player. There is a six person team minimum. There will be a

  • The 2011 Run to Home Base wants you

    The 2011 Run to Home Base is seeking a few good military members. The organization announced in March that 45 spots have been made available for military members to participate in the 9K race that will take place on Sunday, May 22, inside Fenway Park. For more information, visit

  • March 30 declared "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day"

    The U.S. Senate declared March 30th "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day." On March 30, 1973, U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam under the terms of the Treaty of Paris. Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, introduced the legislation saying, "Our

  • Westover Tricare Service to close

    The Westover Tricare Service Center will close April 1, 2011. Service members who need help or information can contact 1-877-Tricare or visit healthnetfederalservices.com. Tricare is closing 15 service centers in the northeast region with "very low use," according to its website.

  • Westover firefighters extinguish blaze

    Fire broke out at a company in the Westover Industrial Park that repairs and recaps tires at approximately 6:30 p.m. March 27. Westover firefighters responded to a mutual-aid request from Chicopee and were on scene, within 8 minutes. Westover was contacted because of their proximity to the incident

  • Heroes return home

    Airmen from the 439th security forces returned home March 26 after a 180 day deployment to Afghanistan.More than one dozen security force members were tasked with assisting the U.S. Army as Joint Expeditionary Tasked Airman.The team has been deployed since September to Afghanistan. By the end of the