News Search

ARTICLES

  • Drones: know the new rules

    Unmanned aircraft systems are aircraft, not toys, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, making operators subject to aviation laws and guidelines. FAA statistics show a surge in “close call with drone” reports by military and civilian pilots: nearly 700 incidents in 2015.

  • 337th AS train to fly the C-5M

    It’ll take some getting used to. The familiar whine of the C-5B Galaxy’s engines that has saturated the air at Westover for decades will be reduced to a much quieter hum when the first of eight C-5M Super Galaxies returns in June.

  • Patrol team’s unique desert mission

    Manning base gates and protecting the flightline are typical missions security forces Airmen experience during a deployment. They train to perform these regular assignments back home before heading overseas. Members of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron base security zone patrol team

  • Oh the Times, Are they Really A’ Changin’

    The memory is still fresh in my mind. “Malmstrom Tower, this is the Strategic Air Command Inspector General Team. We are 15 nautical miles from your location. Our intention is to conduct Nuclear Surety and Operational Readiness Inspections at your wings and we are requesting initial instruction.”

  • Top 3 preps for second annual dining-in

    Organizers are putting the final touches on the upcomingsecond annual Westover SNCO/CPO Dining-In to be heldin neighboring Holyoke, Mass., April 1.

  • Rock Solid Warrior: Tech. Sgt. Michael Valentin

    Tech. Sgt. Michael Valentin, the 386th chapel NCO in charge. I am deployed from the 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. I initially wanted to join the Air Force to help pay for my last year of college, but after joining my reason became about the love I have for my country and