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  • Last C-5B climbs into history

    For decades, the howl, whine, and growl of the C-5’s four engines has reverberated throughout the Pioneer Valley. On Jan. 18, that signature sound got much closer to disappearing altogether, as the Air Force’s last C-5B Galaxy departed here and headed to the venerable airlifter’s manufacturer to get

  • Coming back soon

    It was 1985. Then-Airman 1st Class James Mitchell watched history unfold at Dover Air Force Base, Del., as the base received its first C-5B Galaxy. Now a chief master sergeant, Mitchell recently bid farewell here to one of the last B-models of the Air Force's largest airlifter.Aircraft 041 -- second

  • Airman survives war-torn youth in Africa

    The early morning dew made blades of grass latch to her legs as 6-year-old Isata Tucker ran from the rebels who attacked her village in Sierra Leone, Africa. Now Air Force Staff Sgt. Tucker, 23, recalled the morning 17 years ago and how even as a youngster she knew better than to take the road.

  • KC-46A scoping meeting set for Dec. 13

    Dec. 9, 2016AF holds public hearings Dec. 13 on environmental impact for KC-46A tanker Westover not selected as primary baseWESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. -- The U.S. Air Force is holding public hearings to invite comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the KC-46A Third Main

  • Secretary James outlines plans to streamline Air Force training

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James outlined her plan to improve the “quality of experience” for Airmen during her keynote address Oct. 28 at the Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium. Addressing the crowd of nearly 1,600 Airmen, industry partners, civic leaders, service members and international

  • Westover adds nearly $200M into local economy in 2016

    The 439th Airlift Wing added $197 million into the community in fiscal year 2016.  The number represents a decrease of nearly $24 million from last year.The wing impacted communities within a 50-mile radius with an economic impact of $197,257,006 from Oct. 1, 2015 to Sept. 30, 2016.  In 2015, the

  • Surviving Khobar Towers: Airmen reflect back 20 years

    An exhausted services Airman takes a break in a library after a long night of work in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.On the upper floor of a different building in the Khobar Towers military dormitory, a junior officer is preparing for bed and an early day.More than 7,000 miles away, a services Airman in the