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  • Caring for those who bear the fight

    Three medical professionals of the 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron served four months in a place where theories and abstracts give way to tangibles as real as the shriek of a mortar alarm and the smell of burnt explosives, propellant and metal. Lieutenant Col. Robert C. Dorman, Maj. Robert D.

  • Westover water tower gets new coat

    Contractors paint Westover's 1940's-era water tower under scorching heat Aug. 2.  The repainting was a base civil-engineering project aimed at prolonging the life of the tower.  The 500,000 gallons of water in the tower supplement the base water supply in case of fire.  Workers completed the project

  • Tune up

    Westover maintainers are trained on the inner workings of the massive engines aboard the C-5 Galaxy.  Westover operates and maintains 15 C-5A models and one C-5B.  The wing expects to be equipped with all B models within two years.  The Patriot Wing has been flying the Air Force's largest aircraft

  • A Blaze of Glory

    Base Airmen and civilians would've wrapped themselves in the flag Wednesday--or anything else they could find to shield them from the searing, mid-day sun as temperatures here hovered at 100 degrees. Although the thermometer stopped one degree short of Massachusetts' 54-year-old mark for the hottest

  • Birds of a feather

    Patriot Wing C-5s get cozy with visiting Galaxies from Dover AFB, Del., and Travis AFB, Calif. The C-5 is the Air Force's largest aircraft. It carries fully-equipped, combat-ready military units to any point in the world on short notice then provides field support required to help sustain the

  • Going global

    A C-5 Galaxy from the 439th Airlift Wing, 337th Air Reserve Squadron, Westover Air Reserve Base, Chicopee, Mass., sits on the ramp at Ramstein Air Base Germany while its crew prepares to upload the day's cargo in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The C-5 Galaxy is the largest aircraft in the Air