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  • Air Force tuition assistance suspended

    In a memorandum addressed to all Airmen, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody announced today that the Air Force has made the decision to suspend military tuition assistance for the remainder of the fiscal year, effective March 11, 2013.The suspension of tuition assistance applies to all

  • Warning: Apple App store offering TSP App not sanctioned by TSP

    Warning:   Apple App store offering TSP App not sanctioned by TSP -- A free iPhone App, TSP Funds, currently being offered through the Apple App store asks TSP participants for their account login information. This app is not being offered through the TSP and the TSP does not recommend using this

  • Voting information

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts will hold a special primary election for U.S. Senate April 30 to fill the seat vacated by Sen. John Kerry. Residents can register to vote and request an absentee ballot by mail, fax, or electronically. Military personnel, their spouses and dependents, and U.S.

  • Colonel to Pentagon

    Col. John Healy, former 439th Airlift Wing vice commander, left Westover in early February to take a position as a senior strategic analyst at the Pentagon. Col. Healy was assigned to Westover since 2002. He was also the deployed commander for the 2011 ORI.

  • Did You Know

    ...that the 439th Airfield Operations Flight supports more than 36,000 operations annually. Three distinct sections and an overhead staff make up the flight. Airfield management operations, weather, and the air traffic control tower all work together to provide safe and expeditious service to the

  • March Promotions

    Senior Master SergeantMatthew BakerMarykate CaseyJames CroninMaster SergeantJoseph CoffeyAmelia ObrienNicholas PernaEric TupajTechnical SergeantGeorge CloutierAmanda GarciaKenneth KelleyDaniel ODonnellJason PalmaRichard ParkerWilliam PassmoreMichael TeixeiraStaff SergeantMichael AndersonDianna

  • Massive snowstorm blankets New England

    A Nor'easter lasting more than 12 hours forced the base to cancel its February A UTA as nearly two feet of snow blanketed the area. Westover weather forecaster Doug Fortin said 20 inches of snow had fallen as of the morning of Feb. 8. Areas in Massachusetts and Connecticut reported as much as three

  • Enlisted workshop set for June

    The Patriot Wing's Junior Enlisted Workshop is scheduled for June 3-4 at the Westover Conference Center. Lt. Gen. James Jackson, chief of the Air Force Reserve, will be among the guest speakers. Wing members interested in signing up for the workshop should contact their first sergeants.

  • March Wingman Day

    Wingman Day will take place March 9 at individual work centers at 7:30 a.m. (following sign-in on the A UTA). A half-day long, it will include health and wellness briefings and activities to embrace unit esprit de corps.Among the objectives of Wingman Day are to reinforce the Air Force culture of

  • Local teen earns his wings during Pilot for A Day

    Tristan Morse, a 14-year-old boy from Springfield, Mass., was the fourth person honored as Westover's Pilot for A Day Jan. 5.As Tristan walked to the Base Hangar stage during Commander's Call to receive an award from Col. Steven Vautrain, 439th Airlift Wing commander, the young man's determination