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  • Westover PA pens record number of AFRC awards

    The 439th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office won or placed in a record 13 individual and group awards in this year's media and communications contests.Airmen and civilian employees from 27 organizations throughout the command submitted 290 web, print, graphic, photographic and broadcast entries to

  • Logistics readiness squadron hauls in two major awards

    Air Force Reserve Command recently announced Westover's 439th Logistics Readiness Squadron has earned two awards, the Daedalian Major General Warren R. Carter Logistics Effectiveness Award and the Air Reserve Component Base Logistics Activity of the Year Award. "There is an enormous amount of

  • Soldiers field-test command post

    With millions of dollars worth of tents and state-of-the-art electronics, who said camping out can't be high-tech?The hulking, sand-colored cluster of tents across from the Armed Forces Reserve Center on Eagle Drive was part of an Army exercise conducted by the 302nd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade

  • C-5s cut to eight?

    The Air Force Reserve Command announced force structure changes Jan. 24 authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2013.The changes include a proposed transfer of eight C-5M aircraft from Westover ARB to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland  in 2016, contingent upon a

  • 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