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All but two of Westover Air Reserve Base's C-5 aircraft were evacuated Aug. 26 - 27 to bases in Florida and Ohio, in preparation for Hurricane Irene. In addition, about 105 trailers loaded with bottled water, generators, tarps, food, and other emergency supplies arrived here Aug. 26 and 27 as Westover partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prepare for the hurricane, which is due to hit New England Sunday, Aug. 28. (US Air Force photo/SrA Kelly Galloway)


Hurricane Irene

All but two of Westover Air Reserve Base's C-5 aircraft were evacuated Aug. 26 - 27 to bases in Florida and Ohio, in preparation for Hurricane Irene. In addition, about 105 trailers loaded with bottled water, generators, tarps, food, and other emergency supplies arrived here Aug. 26 and 27 as Westover partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prepare for the hurricane, which is due to hit New England Sunday, Aug. 28. (US 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.
Tech Sgt. Richard Towlson stands 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, metal technician checks the line by line coding of the converted CAD program file on the milling machine's control panel.