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WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. -- Air Force reservist Master Sgt. Art Dapaixao, left, explains the landing gear of a C-5 Galaxy to Maj. Jorge Barraso, a Spanish Air Force pilot, while Capt. Corey Aiken, a 337th Airlift Squadron pilot, explains the Galaxy to Maj. Manuel Alcaide, also a Spanish Air Force pilot. Captain Aiken and the other 337th crew members showed the entire huge airlifter to the Spanish pilots, who were visiting Westover Sept. 22 as part of airlifting United Nations delegates from Spain to New York City. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)


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WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. -- Air Force reservist Master Sgt. Art Dapaixao, left, explains the landing gear of a C-5 Galaxy to Maj. Jorge Barraso, a Spanish Air Force pilot, while Capt. Corey Aiken, a 337th Airlift Squadron pilot, explains the Galaxy to Maj. Manuel Alcaide, also a Spanish Air Force pilot. Captain Aiken and the other 337th crew members showed the entire huge airlifter to the Spanish pilots, who were visiting Westover Sept. 22 as part of airlifting United Nations delegates from Spain to New York City. (U.S. Air Force photo by 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.
Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe
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