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Westover aircrews rush from the mouth of a C-5 during the 2000 air mobility Rodeo. The 439th Airlift Wing will be participating once again in the 2007 Rodeo on July 23. Rodeo began in 1962 as a combat skills competition to enhance air mobility operations. (U.S. Air Force photo / Master Sgt. W.C. Pope)


Rodeo Run

Westover aircrews rush from the mouth of a C-5 during the 2000 air mobility Rodeo. The 439th Airlift Wing will be participating once again in the 2007 Rodeo on July 23. Rodeo began in 1962 as a combat skills competition to enhance air mobility operations. (U.S. Air Force photo / Master Sgt. W.C. Pope)

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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.