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  • 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

  • Five command changes set for July

    Former 337th Airlift Squadron commander Col. Jeffrey Hancock, now the 439th Airlift Wing vice commander, is turning over command of the 337th Airlift Squadron to Lt. Col. Michael Smith. Lt. Col. Stephen Taylor is taking over command of the 439th Operations Support Squadron from Lt. Col. Smith. Both

  • Command names Smith as Key Spouse of the Year

    The wife of a Westover reservist is Air Force Reserve Command's 2011 Key Spouse of the Year. Ms. Smith, Key Spouse Co-Chair, is credited with revitalizing the base Key Spouse program by continuing to recruit and train new members. When reservists in the wing were mobilized in 2010, she worked with

  • Employers learn importance of Reservists, mission, aircraft

    The 94th Airlift Wing hosted civilian employers of Reservists from Westover Air Reserve Base June 14-15 during an Employer Support for Guard and Reserve Boss Lift to Dobbins Air Reserve Base.Westover ARB, the nation's largest Air Force Reserve Command installation, is located approximately 90 miles

  • MXS Airmen build new C-5B model

    By day and night, they repair the Air Force's biggest aircraft. On a smaller scale - and symbolically at the front gate, they've added a C-5B to the base inventory - a model with a 19-foot wingspan.Several 439th Maintenance Squadron Airmen spent several months assembling the 1:12 scale C-5. It