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Illuminating the Galaxy

Spotlights illuminate Westover Air Reserve Base's C-5s to ensure security of the aircraft, July 7, 2012. Since 1987, Westover has been participating in worldwide humanitarian relief efforts and war operations with the cargo and troop transport, the C-5 Galaxy.). A C-5 with a cargo load of 270,000 pounds can fly 2,150 nautical miles, offload, and fly to a second base 500 nautical miles away from the original destination without aerial refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Silhouetting a Galaxy

The sun sets over Westover Air Reserve Base July 8, 2012, silhouetting the C-5s on the flightline. Since 1987, Westover has been participating in worldwide humanitarian relief efforts and war operations with the cargo and troop transport, the C-5 Galaxy. Each C-5 contains over five miles of control cables, over four miles of tubing and each wing weighs over 40,000 earning it the nickname - "The Galaxy." (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Bringing Fuel to the Fight

Two F-15s from the 104th Fighter Wing, Westfield, Mass., and an F-16 from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, soar above northern New England after receiving fuel from the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard, June 29. The refueling allowed the F-15s to continue "dog fight" training exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Fueling the Fight

Two F-15s from the 104th Fighter Wing, Westfield, Mass., soar above northern New England after receiving fuel from the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard, June 29. The refueling allowed the F-15s to continue "dog fight" training exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Refueling an Eagle

Two F-15s from the 104th Fighter Wing, Westfield, Mass., soar above northern New England after receiving fuel from the 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard, June 29. The refueling allowed the F-15s to continue "dog fight" training exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Refueling an Eagle

A KC-135 from the 157th Air Refueling Wing, Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H, prepares to refuel an F-15 from the 104th Fighter Wing, Westfield, Mass., above northern New England June 29. The Great New England Air Show, Aug. 4-5, will feature a KC-135, F-15 and F-16 among other aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Refueling an Eagle

A KC-135 from the 157th Air Refueling Wing, Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H, flies with F-15s the Stratotanker just refueled, from the 104th Fighter Wing, Westfield, Mass., above northern New England June 29. The Great New England Air Show, Aug. 4-5, will feature a KC-135, F-15 and F-16 among other aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Bringing Fuel to the Fight

A KC-135 from the 157th Air Refueling Wing, Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H, prepares to refuel an F-16 from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, above northern New England June 29. The Great New England Air Show, Aug. 4-5, will feature a KC-135, F-15 and F-16 among other aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Areomedical Training

Westover medics simulated delivering patients by helicopter for immediate triage between a mass casualty site in the Base Hangar and a mock medical facility in Dogpatch training area a mile away northwest on the base; they also took to the sky above the Pioneer Valley simulating medical treatment aboard an aircraft. (Photo by Capt. Ratcliffe)

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Refueling an Eagle

The 157th Air Refueling Wing, Pease NH, prepares to refuel an F-15 from the 104th Fighter Wing, Westfield MA, high above northern New England on June 29, 2012. In Prone position, boom operator TSgt. Justin Poteet of the 157th will transfer fuel that will allow the F-15s to continue their "dog fight" training exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Refueling an Eagle

The 157th Air Refueling Wing, Pease NH, prepares to refuel an F-15 from the 104th Fighter Wing, Westfield MA, high above northern New England on June 29, 2012. In Prone position, boom operator TSgt. Justin Poteet of the 157th will transfer fuel that will allow the F-15s to continue their "dog fight" training exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Former Westover Commander Honored

As if on queue the skies opened up and Brig. Gen. Frederick "Mike" Walker's Reveille Ceremony received a final flight showering on the Westover Ellipse June 29. Chaplain Joseph Eggleston read the Airman's Prayer as the Westover Honor Guard lowered Old Glory to half staff. (U.S. Air Force photo by W.C. Pope)

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Former Westover Commander is honored

As if on queue the skies opened up and Brig. Gen. Frederick "Mike" Walker's Reveille Ceremony received a final flight showering on the Westover Ellipse. As Chaplain Joseph Eggleston read the Airman's Prayer, the Westover Honor Guard lowered Old Glory to half staff. General Walker, who passed away late June, commanded the base from 1986 to 1992, which included the era in which the base mobilized for Operation Desert Storm. (U.S. Air Force photo by W.C. Pope)

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439th Airlift Wing vice commander

Col. Jeffrey Hancock is the new 439th Airlift Wing vice commander.

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Late Shift

Staff Sergeant Jessica Gallo, 439th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, sits on the flight line next to a massive C-5 Galaxy at Westover Air Reserve Base reviewing paperwork on June 21. This particular C-5 just returned from Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, where Programmed Depot Maintenance was performed. PDM is responsible for the repair, modification, reclamation and rework of aircraft which C-5s will undergo every 8 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Command names Smith as Key Spouse of the Year

Stephanie 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 other program members to contact the families of deployed and mobilized reservists. Smith is married to Lt. Col. Raymond Smith, a C-5 pilot in the 337th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA. Charles Hutchinson)

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SSgt. Chris Boutin

This 439th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, enlisted in 1999. "My father, who is now retired from active-duty Air Force, was a C-5 crew chief. The exposure to his career field influenced me to follow in his footsteps," SSgt. Boutin said. For three years, the sergeant was a "flying crew chief" and traveled worldwide. "My favorite three places were Elmendorf, Alaska, Ramstein, Germany and Anderson, Guam." (by SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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MXS Airmen build new C-5 model

Several 439th Maintenance Squadron Airmen spent several months assembling a 1:12 scale C-5. It replaces the one destroyed by the July 2011 micro burst. Just weeks ahead of the August Great New England Air Show, crews assisted maintenance Airmen with placing the 1,000-pound aluminum model on its pedestal at Westover on June 6. (U.S. Air Force photo/MSgt. Andrew Biscoe)

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Somewhere Over the Runway

Westover's flight line hosts not only the Patriot Wing's 16 C-5Bs but also a re-engined Dover C-5M model, far left, May 25. The modernization of the C-5 boasts upgraded engines that deliver 22 percent more thrust, 30 percent shorter take-off roll and 58 percent faster climb rate, which allow cargo to be carried over longer distances without refueling. The engines are also three times quieter. These upgrades earn this C-5 the title "Super Galaxy." (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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