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  • Airmen should check tuition assistance benefits

    Airmen should check the rules and limitations to using their education benefits. Those who are using the Montgomery GI Bill Select Reserve, Kicker, or tuition assistance, can only use one at a time. However, this doesn’t apply to active duty GI Bill or post-9/11 benefits. For more information,

  • Yellow Ribbon video available

    Airmen and their families can visit this link on YouTube to view a video on the Air Force Reserve Command's Yellow Ribbon program:www.YouTube/kedbavfra4In addition, Westover will hold a pre-deployment briefing Feb. 7 at the Westover Conference Center. For more information, contact Maj. Diane Burch

  • Wing honors annual award winners

    An inaugural awards dinner put the spotlight on five Patriot Wing Airmen, two civilians, and a new honorary commander Jan. 9 at the Westover Club. In years past, senior leadership has included the Patriot Wing’s annual awards program at the top of the new year’s Commander’s Call agenda. Hundreds of

  • Yellow Ribbon FAQs

    The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program is part of a DoD-wide effort to help the 1.2 million National Guard and Reserve members and their families connect with the best resources available before, during, and after deployments. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 established the program.

  • Desert Storm -- a quarter of a century later

    While Operation Desert Storm called up scores of Air Force Reserve units, few units at the time had the distinction of also hosting a major embarkation point.That’s just what happened when the men and women of the Patriot Wing – then officially known as the 439th Military Airlift Wing – swung into

  • Before you fly that new drone: know the rules

    The FAA has stated that unmanned aircraft systems are aircraft, not toys, making operators subject to aviation laws and guidelines. Knowing the laws and basic safety rules is essential, and helps you avoid stiff legal and civil penalties.

  • Long-time federal worker delivers final letters

    It might be a slower form of communication today when measured against the tweets and chirps of cell phones, but mail still gets to Westover – and Helen Smith’s handled it all.While millions of Americans got ready to usher in 2016, Smith, 87, tucked in a small mailroom on Patriot Avenue, spent Dec.

  • Awards gala

    The Patriot Wing’s awards program, most visible in years past at the Base Hangar Commander’s Calls, will take a new direction to kick off 2016.What’s billed as an Awards Gala will be held Jan. 9 at the Westover Club beginning at 6 p.m. Scheduled events include a presentation of wing-level awards and

  • Governor visits Westover

    Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker toured Westover Dec. 18, getting a mission briefing and a first-hand look at one of the base’s core maintenance areas.The governor, accompanied by Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, National Guard State Adjutant, also visited the adjacent Westover Metropolitan Airport.Col. Al