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  • Angel Trees

    The Angel Tree is up and stocked with Angels ready to be adopted. Please stop by the Airmen and Family Readiness Center to adopt an Angel to help make a child's holiday just a little bit brighter. All Angels on the tree are children of all branches of the military and civilians population working

  • Angels are awaiting adoption

    The Angel Tree program is up and stocked with Angels ready to be adopted.Stop by the Airman and Family Readiness Center to adopt an Angel, and help make a child's holiday a little bit brighter. All Angels on the tree are children of all branches of the military and civilians population working

  • Yuletide spirit at Westover

    The Airman & Family Readiness’ Annual Children's Holiday Party, will be held Dec. 2 (the December UTA) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the base fire station. This year’s theme is “Elf/Winter Wonderland.” There will be face painters, balloon twisters, crafts, food, Buddy the Elf, and of course, Santa and

  • ESGR supports reservists and employers

    Reservists lead busy lives outside their obligations to the military, and this includes their civilian occupations. The majority of the 2,100 Air Force reservists assigned to the 439th Airlift Wing are traditional reservists. They train one weekend per month and perform two weeks of annual tour

  • Economic boost

    The 439th Airlift Wing added $212 million into the community in fiscal year 2017 -- an increase of more than $15 million from the previous fiscal year.The wing impacted communities within a 50-mile radius with an economic impact of $212,534,218 from Oct. 1, 2016 to Sept. 30, 2017. In 2016, the

  • Westover club hosts Halloween kiddie disco October 27

    The Westover Services staff is hosting Halloween kiddie disco 5-7 p.m. October 27, 2017, at the club.There will be a costume contest, bounce house, kid-friendly games, cookie decorating, a dinner buffet and a DJ.The cost to get in is free for those three and under with a paying adult, $6.95 for

  • Public affairs office maintains speakers bureau

    One of the most visible ways that Patriot Wing Airmen are seen in public is through the base speakers bureau. The 439th Airlift Wing public affairs office maintains a list of experienced speakers who are available for visits to schools, colleges, enior centers, a guest speakers at holiday events,

  • Local policemen train on Westover flightline

    Policemen from the Ludlow police department approach a simulated hostile aircraft during an aircraft clearing exercise October 10, 2017 at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. The policemen practices aircraft clearing exercises on one of the C-5M Super Galaxies assigned to Westover. Practice of

  • Water, food loaded onto C-130 at Dobbins, bound for Puerto Rico

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE – Hurricane relief efforts continued on the Dobbins flightline as forklifts and K-loaders loaded cases of water and ready-to-eat meals onto a C-130 Hercules Oct. 4. Aerial porters from squadrons at Dover, March, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Westover worked together to load a