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WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. -- Four inches of snow fell Feb. 2 on the flightline giving the 10 newly assigned C-5Bs a taste of the New England winter. These newer B-models were orignally assigned to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware and where built in the 1980s making for a much younger fleet of 16 C-5s at Westover.


New B-models get taste of New England winter

WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. -- Four inches of snow fell Feb. 2 on the flightline giving the 10 newly assigned C-5Bs a taste of the New England winter. These newer B-models were orignally assigned to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware and where built in the 1980s making for a much younger fleet of 16 C-5s at Westover.

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Transient A-10 aircraft make a stop at Westover for routine maintenance and fuel, April 2014. The A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can be used against all ground targets, including tanks and other armored vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo/W.C. Pope)
Transient A-10 aircraft make a stop at Westover for routine maintenance and fuel, April 2014. The A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can be used against all ground targets, including tanks and other armored vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo/W.C. Pope)
Transient A-10 aircraft make a stop at Westover for routine maintenance and fuel, April 2014. The A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can be used against all ground targets, including tanks and other armored vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo/W.C. Pope)
Transient A-10 aircraft make a stop at Westover for routine maintenance and fuel, April 2014. The A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can be used against all ground targets, including tanks and other armored vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo/W.C. Pope)
Transient A-10 aircraft make a stop at Westover for routine maintenance and fuel, April 2014. The A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can be used against all ground targets, including tanks and other armored vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo/W.C. Pope)
Transient A-10 aircraft make a stop at Westover for routine maintenance and fuel, April 2014. The A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can be used against all ground targets, including tanks and other armored vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
Transient A-10 aircraft make a stop at Westover for routine maintenance and fuel, April 2014. The A-10 Thunderbolt IIs are the first Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces. They are simple, effective and survivable twin-engine jet aircraft that can be used against all ground targets, including tanks and other armored vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)