Fire Department to hold fundraiser for burn center

The Westover Fire Department is holding a barbecue on Friday from 11:30 to 12:30 to raise money for the Shriner's Childrens Burn Center in Boston.The menu for the day features barbecue chicken, pasta salad, dinner rolls, brownies and soda.  Customers are welcome to eat on the flight line side of the

Westover earns top honors in AFRC

Air Force Reserve officials announced that Westover's host unit is the top reserve wing in the nation.     The 439th Airlift Wing has earned the 2010 Airlift/Tanker Association's Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III Award. Air Force officials judged the wing's performance against the other 32 Air Force

42nd Aerial Port Squadron offers a day of fun for families of deployed members

What do men and women in military uniform, children wearing face paint, socializing parents serving cake and jovial clowns blowing up balloons have in common?For one, they were all present at the base passenger terminal Sunday, Aug. 8, for a gathering of family and friends of deployed members of the

Employers get first-hand Airman experience

Fifteen employers from the local area came to Westover, Aug. 7, to get an up-close and personal view of the 439th Airlift Wing mission.      The employers were brought to Westover as part of the Employer Appreciation Day program, which educates employers of Westover's Airmen on the Air Force mission

Westover services announces base facility closures

The Services Squadron announced Wednesday base closures of facilities for ongoing maintenance and due to planned power outages.The Fitness Center will be closed Thursday, August 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 for a scheduled power outage. In case of inclement weather, the center will instead be closed

Westover Airmen graduate ALS

Westover VTC connects new family; deployed dad sees newborn son for first time

A deployed aerial porter laid eyes on his newborn son for the first time via satellite after deploying to Iraq in April.It was a moment that Senior Airman William Clark could barely describe in words Tuesday morning from halfway around the world at Joint Base Ballad.The 26-year-old new father sighed

Lockheed-Martin VP visits Patriot Wing

Lorraine Martin, the vice president for the C-5 program at Lockheed Martin, visited Westover Air Reserve Base, Aug. 2, to see the C-5 operation here and meet the people who fly and maintain the massive jets.Ms. Martin, who oversees the C-5 modernization program at Lockheed, spent time speaking with

Westover RISO rising in AFRC

The Air Force is paring down the number of locations where vital maintenance on its fleet of giant C-5 aircraft is performed. When the consolidation is complete, Westover will continue to be the location - one of only three in the Air Force - of a regional isochronal inspection dock responsible for

Deployed Aerial Porters hard at work in Iraq

As the drawdown and redeployment of assets continues in Iraq, helicopters from bases in the north have made their way to Joint Base Balad to be inspected, prepped and shipped to new operating locations with the assistance of the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Aerial Port team.