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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, N.Y. hours later. The workers and equipment will augment relief efforts in New York and New Jersey. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)


Westover C-5 and crew participate in round-the-clock relief ops

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, N.Y. hours later. The workers and equipment will augment relief efforts in New York and New Jersey. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)

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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.
Mr. Gary Surozenski and Tech Sgt. Richard Towlson stand at the opening of the milling machine doing intricate measurements of the wax first-run copy of the C-5 elevator support bracket.
Mr. Gary Surozenski and Tech Sgt. Richard Towlson stand at the opening of the milling machine doing intricate measurements of the wax first-run copy of the C-5 elevator support bracket.
Mr. Gary Surozenski and Tech Sgt. Richard Towlson stand at the opening of the milling machine doing intricate measurements of the wax first-run copy of the C-5 elevator support bracket.