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A 439th Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy approaches the runway at Westover Air Reserve Base amid the crisp fall colors of New England. Sixteen C-5 transports are assigned to the Air Force Reserve's Patriot Wing at Westover, one of several all-Reserve C-5 units in the United States. More than 2,500 reservists travel from 32 different states to train at Westover, the nation's largest Air Force Reserve base. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)


Autumn approach

A 439th Airlift Wing C-5 Galaxy approaches the runway at Westover Air Reserve Base amid the crisp fall colors of New England. Sixteen C-5 transports are assigned to the Air Force Reserve's Patriot Wing at Westover, one of several all-Reserve C-5 units in the United States. More than 2,500 reservists travel from 32 different states to train at Westover, the nation's largest Air Force Reserve base. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)

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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.