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Michael Bissonnette, mayor of Chicopee, Mass., receives the Patriot Award from Earl Bonett, Massachusetts Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve ombudsman, Jan. 4, while surrounded by senior leaders from the 439th Airlift Wing. (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)


Making it official

Michael Bissonnette, mayor of Chicopee, Mass., receives the Patriot Award from Earl Bonett, Massachusetts Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve ombudsman, Jan. 4, while surrounded by senior leaders from the 439th Airlift Wing. (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)

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A Westover C-5 Galaxy sits on the ramp at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Jan 27 2013. The Patriot Wing traveled to Colorado Springs Jan. 24 to pick up twenty Air Force Academy cadets for a three-day tour of Westover in Chicopee, Mass., and Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Mass. The cadets were able to tour Westover's regional isochronal dock, the control tower, security forces, aerial port facilities and
A C-5 from
This 439th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, enlisted in 1999.
After three days of work by some 600 volunteers, the framing and exterior were complete. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. James Bishop)
Wounded Marine, Sgt. Joshua Bouchard helps lift the first wall on his wheelchair-accessible home. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. James Bishop)
A Westover security forces airman renders a salute during the playing of the National Anthem at 5:00. Westover flies the U.S. flag continuously 24 hours a day and the playing of the National Anthem requires proper honors to be displayed to the flag. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Kelly Galloway)
Westovers Fire Department members
Westovers Fire Department members
Technical Sergeants Matt Swindlehurst (right) and Dana Granteed, both of the 439th Airlift Wing honor guard, carry the U.S. flag after after lowering it from half staff and folding it as part of a Veteran's Day ceremony in Sunderland, Mass.
Technical Sergeants Matt Swindlehurst (right) and Dana Granteed, both of the 439th Airlift Wing honor guard, fold the U.S. flag after lowering it from half staff during a Veteran's Day ceremony in Sunderland, Mass.
Technical Sergeant Richard Byrd, 439th Airlift Wing honor guard, plays taps while the U.S. flag is lowered from half staff during a Veteran's Day ceremony in Sunderland, Mass.
Airmen, soldiers, sailors and Marines from Westover read the names of fallen Sunderland, Mass., natives from the veteran's memorial wall in that town. The event was attended by 200 town residents, 170 of them elementary school children and teachers. From left to right: Sergeant Edward Price, U.S. Army, HM2 Angela Cattaneo, U.S. Navy, Lance Corporal Kevin Lee and Sergeant Filipe Carvalho, U.S. Marine Corps, Military Entrance Processing Station; Master Sergeant Chris Overmann, Sergeant First Class Nathan Buckley, U.S. Army, 302nd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade; Technical Sergeants Richard Byrd, Matt Swindlehurst and Technical Sergeant Dana Granteed, Westover Honor Guard.