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In response to President Obama's call for the government to support Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, a Westover C-5B flew to March Air Reserve Base, Calif., picked up 73 electrical workers and two utility trucks, and dropped them off at Stewart Air National Guard Base, near New York City, hours later. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)


Hurricane Sandy relief efforts

In response to President Obama's call for the government to support Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, a Westover C-5B flew to March Air Reserve Base, Calif., picked up 73 electrical workers and two utility trucks, and dropped them off at Stewart Air National Guard Base, near New York City, hours later. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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Westover aerial porters, from both the 42nd and 58th squadrons, help unload supplies and equpiment that will aid in Hurricane Irma relief efforts.
C-5A Galaxy 70-0461 departs September 7, 2017, from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. 0461 was the final C-5A in the Air Force's inventory and is destined to retire at the boneyard in Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hanna N. Smith)
Three C-5M Super Galaxies sit on the flightline August 31, 2017, at Westover Air Reserve Base. C-5s are the largest airlifter in the U.S. Air Force fleet and are capable of transporting large cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hanna N. Smith)
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The last C-5B in the Air Force inventory takes off from Westover Jan. 18. The aircraft, tail number 87-0043, headed to Lockheed-Martin to get its second life as a modernized C-5M. The plane rose into the morning fog, as vapor and clouds clustered around its wings.
Mr. Gary Surozenski, a metal technician, in the 439th Maintenance Squadron, sets up the milling machine with the CAD data instructions to create the new C-5 elevator support bracket.
This is the 100 pound hunk of aluminum that will be machined down by the Westover maintainers into a six pound C-5 elevator support bracket.