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  • Maintainers chalk MC increase

      The past fiscal year saw the collective efforts of Westover's 439th Maintenance Group contribute to an overall 3.6 percent C-5B mission capable rate increase Air Force-wide throughout 2009. The increase is attributable to the MXG team pushing up the mission-capable average 22 percent, pulling the

  • Patriot Wing joins the social networks

    If you check your live feed, tweet, re-tweet and watch the latest viral videos, then you're among the more than 50 percent of Airmen who get their news and information from online social media.The Air Force and Air Force Reserve understand this and have launched into the world of social media via

  • Patriot Wing earns Outstanding Unit Award

      Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander, Air Force Reserve Command, recently announced that the Patriot Wing was one of 15 units to receive the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for 2009.    More information will be made available on how the men and women of the 439th AW earned this award as

  • Westover crew flies third Haiti relief mission

    A third C-5 mission left Westover the night of Jan. 17 with a 24,000-pound fire engine bound for Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.Also a board were about 15 aerial port Air Force reservists assigned to Westover's 42nd APS.The aerial port reservists are scheduled to be at Homestead for about two

  • Patriot Wing tallies another busy year

    The 439th Airlift Wing, one of the largest units in the Air Force Reserve, tallied another busy year in 2009 while supporting national objectives around the globe. Patriot Wing C-5s from Westover fly worldwide strategic airlift missions that primarily originate from Dover Air Force Base, Del., and

  • New web site, Yellow Ribbon program help keep Airmen and families informed

    Senior leaders have designated July 2009 through July 2010 as the Year of the Air Force Family, maintaining their commitment and attention to Airmen and their families as a top priority. Air Force officials launched a new Web site to meet the social and informational needs of Airmen, civilians,

  • You could learn a lot from a veteran

    Sometimes, the people I meet and the stories I hear astound me.As a C-5 Galaxy pilot, myself and the crew have the honor of meeting scores of men and women traveling in and out of our theater of operations in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. The men and women who I work with every day understand

  • Deployment blends aerial porters from 85th, 42nd

    His wingmen called Senior Airman Anthony Boido the "rookie" as the group of Airmen packed up for a deployment to Southwest Asia in late November.The deployment was also the first of a blended group of 42nd reservists and three noncommissioned officers from the former 85th APS,which deactivated in