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Folding Flag

Staff Sgt. Mauricio Pino, 439th Operations Support Squadron, holds onto the American Flag during a retirement ceremony at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., Dec. 6, 2014. Recognition of members who are retiring from a career of long, faithful, and honorable service is one of the oldest traditions of military service. (U.S. Air Force photo/TSgt. Brian Boynton)
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Pilot for a Day

"Pilot for A Day" Peyton Malloy poses with Capt. Joshua Harris, 337th Airlift Squadron, while they tour the control tower Oct. 4, 2014 at Westover Air Force Reserve Base, Chicopee, Mass. “Pilot for a Day” is a program that provides high-spirited children like Peyton, who have serious or chronic conditions, and their families the unique opportunity to be guests of Westover and the U.S. Air Force. Peyton Malloy was accompanied by his mother Anne, father Robert, and sister Ashlyn. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Monica Ricci)
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Presidential Presence

The VC-25A, commonly known as "Air Force One," visited Westover Air Reserve Base, Chicopee, Mass. while President Obama was in New York for conference Sept. 25. The VC-25 is most famous for its role as Air Force One, the call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. The two aircraft currently in U.S. service are highly modified versions of Boeing's 747-200B. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt Kelly Goonan)
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Presidential Presence

The VC-25A, commonly known as "Air Force One," visited Westover Air Reserve Base, Chicopee, Mass. while President Obama was in New York for conference Sept. 25. The VC-25 is most famous for its role as Air Force One, the call sign of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the President of the United States. The two aircraft currently in U.S. service are highly modified versions of Boeing's 747-200B. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt Kelly Goonan)
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Tolling of the Bell

Westover Assistant Fire Chief David Benedetti tolls the bell, three sets of five, during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the base flag pole, Sept. 11, 2014. Long before telephones and radios, fire departments used the telegraph to communicate so when a firefighter died in the line of duty, the fire alarm office would tap out a special signal. That signal was five measured dashes, pause, five measured dashes, pause, then five final dashes. This became universally known as the Tolling of the Bell and is now used as a sign of honor and respect for all firefighters who had made the ultimate sacrifice. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
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We will never forget

Westover Fire Department personnel stand in solemn silence during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the base flag pole, Sept. 11, 2014. This year's ceremony marks thirteen years since the attacked and included a remembrance of all three attack sites: the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Arlington, Va.; and the crash-site in Shanksville, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
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Change of Command

Westover Honor Guard Airmen display the American Flag and Air Force flag as the national anthem is played during the Change of Command Ceremony inside the Base Hangar, Sept. 7, 2014. Col. Albert Lupenski assumed command of the 439th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
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AES Helping Hand

TSgt. Sarah Starkey and MSgt. Nicole Morales “treat” SrA. Beau Brown during an in-flight aeromedical training exercise, Aug. 11, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III. All three Airmen are reservists with the 439th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, which performs periodic exercises like these aboard other military aircraft including KC 135s and C-130s. See additional photos on page 7. (U.S. Air Force photo/A1C Monica Ricci)
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Take One

Brig. Gen. Steven Vautrain’s first attempt at a final C-5 flight did not work out as planned Aug. 19. The aircraft developed a mechanical problem while doing practice approaches at Bangor International Airport, Maine, and had to return to Westover early. Further complications on final approach resulted in the crew declaring an emergency and having to shut down and egress on the runway. The Westover Fire Department responded, declared the aircraft safe, and it was towed off the runway. Gen. Vautrain successfully completed his fini flight two days later on Aug. 21. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
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Patriot Express

A Westover C-5 Galaxy sits on the tarmac in Colorado Springs, Colo. August 14, 2014. Forty-Seven Westover, Joint Base Charleston and March ARB Airmen came together to work hand-in-hand during "Patriot Express," a periodic Air Force Reserve Command air mobility exercise that took place in the heat of the summer in Colorado, Aug. 13-18. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Alexander Brown)
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Patriot Express

Forty-Seven Westover, Joint Base Charleston and March ARB Airmen came together to work hand-in-hand during "Patriot Express," a periodic Air Force Reserve Command air mobility exercise that took place in the heat of the summer in Colorado, Aug. 13-18. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Alexander Brown)
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Fini Flight

Brig. Gen. Steven Vautrain, 439th Airlift Wing commander, receives the traditional hosedown following his fini flight, Aug. 21, 2014. Brig. Gen. Vautrain will go to the nation’s capital where he’ll begin his new position at the Pentagon as deputy director of strategic planning for the Air Force.(U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
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Westover Star Hosedown

Brig. Gen. Steven Vautrain, 439th Airlift Wing commander, receives the traditional hosedown from his wife, Katie Vautrain, following his fini flight, Aug. 21, 2014. Brig. Gen. Vautrain will go to the nation’s capital where he’ll begin his new position at the Pentagon as deputy director of strategic planning for the Air Force.(U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
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Fini Flight

Brig. Gen. Steven Vautrain, 439th Airlift Wing commander, receives the traditional hosedown following his fini flight, Aug. 21, 2014. Brig. Gen. Vautrain will go to the nation’s capital where he’ll begin his new position at the Pentagon as deputy director of strategic planning for the Air Force.(U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
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Aeromedical training

A C-17 Globemaster from the 512th Airlift Wing, Dover AFB, Del., rests on the tarmac just behind the Base Hangar at Westover ARB, Mass, Aug. 11, 2014. The C-17 picked up Airmen from the 439th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron for routine training aboard the transport aircraft. Currently, aeromedical evacuation is used to transport injured troops from Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom, as well as to respond to humanitarian missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
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Media Flight

A Patriot Wing C-5 Galaxy sits outside the Base Hangar in preparation for a routine training mission, July 24, 2014. This refueling mission was specially designed to not only accomplish training but also airlift community media sources to include ABC-40, Channel 22, Channel 3 and the Republican. (U.S. Air Force photo/W.C. Pope)
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Spirit of Springfield

A C-5 Galaxy assigned to JB San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, comes in for a landing at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. July 24, 2014. The city of Springfield can be see in the background as the massive aircraft approaches the runway. (U.S. Air Force photo/W.C. Pope)
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ISAF delivers

Lt. Col. James Bishop, Westover Reservist, interviews J. Reese Hume, humanitarian group PARSA’s project manager. Bishop, along with 11 members of the International Security Assistance Forces, brought more than 800 pounds of donated clothing, toys, and school supplies to Afghan children at a residential compound near Kabul, Afghanistan July 18. (U.S. Navy photo by LT. Peter Buttigieg, ISAF HQ)
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Pie-in-the-Face

MSgt. Daniel Howard receives his pie! MSgt. Howard raised $82 among the first sergeants. The Company Grade Officer Council's Pie-in-the-Face contest raised more than $600 for the October ball to help pay for associated costs. (U.S. Air Force photo/TSgt. Brian Boynton)
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Delivering Aid to Nicaragua

SrA. Michael Niccoll, 337th Airlift Squadron Loadmaster, marshals a fire truck off the Westover C-5, June 10, 2014 in Managua Nicaragua. This Denton Amendment mission delivered an ambulance and two fire truck vehicles to Nicaragua June 10 on behalf of the Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners of the Americas Incorporated. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
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