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  • 439th AMDS Weekday Schedule

    439 AMDS Weekday ScheduleMonday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday:Walk-in time is  0730-1130 and 1230-1630MEBS/LODS/FFDS/Profiles/Waiver -Documentation Turn-in and Processing (NO PROVIDER AVAILABLE)Deployment Processing/ANAM - By Appointment OnlyWEDNESDAY ONLY:Walk-in time is 0800-1000 and

  • Aerial Porters provide OUTSTANDING performance during Air Force exercise

    Seven 42nd Aerial Port Squadron Airmen have been recognized for outstanding service during the recent GLOBAL MEDIC 2012 exercise held in June. These Airmen were part of a provisional air expeditionary wing with over 250 Airmen in two groups located at Reno ANGB, Nev. and Schoonover Field, Calif.,

  • Westover aims toward tobacco-free goal

    Westover is putting new Air Force regulations into effect that are limiting and moving designated smoking areas with the goal of making this a tobacco-free base. "The purpose of this new regulation is to promote health and to decrease the amount of smoking," said Col. Stanley Chartoff,

  • General FAQs

    Q - WHAT TIME DO THE GATES OPEN?A - 8:30 a.m.Q - WHAT TIME DOES THE SHOW START?A - 10 a.m. Q - CAN I BRING LAWN CHAIRS?A - Lawn chairs and blankets are allowed but no lounge chairs.Q - IS THERE A CHARGE FOR ADMISSION/PARKING?A - There is no charge for admission or parking.Q - IS THERE A PROVISION TO

  • FAQs - Media for the Great New England Air Show at Westover

    Westover's 2012 air show and open house happens Aug. 4-5. Gates open at 8:30 a.m. both days. On Thurs., Aug. 2, public affairs will host a special two-hour window of media availability to film aircraft landing at Westover for the Air Show. The time is tentatively set for 3-4 p.m., but may change to

  • Air Show Driving Directions

    How do I get to Westover Air Reserve Base from Connecticut?Take I-91 North to I-291 in Springfield. Take the Fuller Rd. exit, which is also marked Westover ARB. Follow the Westover signs to the base. (Use GPS address 2255 Westover Rd., Chicopee, MA. There will be signs and police along the way to

  • Refueling mission takes spouses along

    Twenty-eight military spouses got a glimpse of what their husbands and wives do on a mission during the 439th Airlift Wing's Spouse Orientation Flight May 24.The two-hour flight took spouses in a giant rectangle across Western Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire, and included multiple hook-ups

  • Putting M.A.S.H in the Air

    When 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron Airmen simulated combat life-saving training May 19 and 20, the site was similar to a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or MASH -- with wings. A Rhode Island Air National Guard C-130 aircraft served as a flying hospital along with an Army UH-60 Blackhawk

  • Aerial Porters: Big 'Dawgs' in the yard

    Equipment, personnel, or life-saving supplies; if the military needs it, they will move it. The port dawgs of the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron coordinate the delivery of assets from the U.S. to Bagram, and from Bagram to the forward operating bases (FOBs). Bagram is one of the busiest

  • Veteran pilot steps up to second in command

    A 20-year Westover reservist and C-5 pilot stepped up June 1 to second in command of the Patriot Wing.Col. Jeffrey Hancock is the new 439th Airlift Wing vice commander.Col. Hancock's decades of service at Westover have put him in the air with thousands of hours of flying time as a C-5 evaluation