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A Westover C-5 is opened for a detailed check-up within the isochronal inspection hangar here. Westover was selected as the center for Reserve ISO inspections during an announcement Dec. 13 in which the Air Force unveiled plans to consolidate its ISO facilities.


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A Westover C-5 is opened for a detailed check-up within the isochronal inspection hangar here. Westover was selected as the center for Reserve ISO inspections during an announcement Dec. 13 in which the Air Force unveiled plans to consolidate its ISO facilities.

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C-5A Galaxy 70-0461 departs September 7, 2017, from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. 0461 was the final C-5A in the Air Force's inventory and is destined to retire at the boneyard in Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hanna N. Smith)
Master Sgt Joseph Coffey, an aero repair technician assigned to the 439th Maintenance Squadron, works on a ball screw drive assembly in a C-5M Super Galaxy August 23, 2017, located in Westover Air Reserve Base's Isochronal (ISO) Maintenance Dock. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hanna N. Smith)
Master Sgt. Joseph Coffey, an aero repair technician assigned to the 439th Maintenance Squadron, works on a ball screw drive assembly in a C-5M Super Galaxy August 23, 2017, in the Isochronal Maintenance Dock at Westover Air Reserve Base. Two of these drives work in tandem to extend and retract the nose-gear of the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hanna N. Smith)
A Dover C-5M Super Galaxy recieves repairs to its nose gear August 23, 2017, in the Isochronal Maintenance Dock at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts. The ISO Dock at Westover is the only minor ISO Dock for C-5 aircraft in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hanna N. Smith)
An old and new ball screw drive assembly sit side-by-side Augugst 23, 2017, in the Isochronal Maintenance Dock at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts. Two ball screw drive assemblies work in tandem to extend and retract the nose gear of the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hanna N. Smith)
Three C-5M Super Galaxies sit on the flightline August 31, 2017, at Westover Air Reserve Base. C-5s are the largest airlifter in the U.S. Air Force fleet and are capable of transporting large cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hanna N. Smith)
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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.