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"Pilot for A Day" Peyton Malloy poses with Capt. Joshua Harris, 337th Airlift Squadron, while they tour the control tower Oct. 4, 2014 at Westover Air Force Reserve Base, Chicopee, Mass. “Pilot for a Day” is a program that provides high-spirited children like Peyton, who have serious or chronic conditions, and their families the unique opportunity to be guests of Westover and the U.S. Air Force. Peyton Malloy was accompanied by his mother Anne, father Robert, and sister Ashlyn. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Monica Ricci)


Pilot for a Day

"Pilot for A Day" Peyton Malloy poses with Capt. Joshua Harris, 337th Airlift Squadron, while they tour the control tower Oct. 4, 2014 at Westover Air Force Reserve Base, Chicopee, Mass. “Pilot for a Day” is a program that provides high-spirited children like Peyton, who have serious or chronic conditions, and their families the unique opportunity to be guests of Westover and the U.S. Air Force. Peyton Malloy was accompanied by his mother Anne, father Robert, and sister Ashlyn. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Monica Ricci)

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Staff Sgt. Mauricio Pino, 439th Operations Support Squadron, holds onto the American Flag during a retirement ceremony at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., Dec. 6, 2014. Recognition of members who are retiring from a career of long, faithful, and honorable service is one of the oldest traditions of military service. (U.S. Air Force photo/TSgt. Brian Boynton)
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Westover Assistant Fire Chief David Benedetti tolls the bell, three sets of five, during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the base flag pole, Sept. 11, 2014. Long before telephones and radios, fire departments used the telegraph to communicate so when a firefighter died in the line of duty, the fire alarm office would tap out a special signal. That signal was five measured dashes, pause, five measured dashes, pause, then five final dashes. This became universally known as the Tolling of the Bell and is now used as a sign of honor and respect for all firefighters who had made the ultimate sacrifice. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
Westover Fire Department personnel stand in solemn silence during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the base flag pole, Sept. 11, 2014. This year's ceremony marks thirteen years since the attacked and included a remembrance of all three attack sites: the World Trade Center in New York City; the Pentagon in Arlington, Va.; and the crash-site in Shanksville, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
Westover Honor Guard Airmen display the American Flag and Air Force flag as the national anthem is played during the Change of Command Ceremony inside the Base Hangar, Sept. 7, 2014. Col. Albert Lupenski assumed command of the 439th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
TSgt. Sarah Starkey and MSgt. Nicole Morales “treat” SrA. Beau Brown during an in-flight aeromedical training exercise, Aug. 11, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III. All three Airmen are reservists with the 439th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, which performs periodic exercises like these aboard other military aircraft including KC 135s and C-130s. See additional photos on page 7. (U.S. Air Force photo/A1C Monica Ricci)
Brig. Gen. Steven Vautrain’s first attempt at a final C-5 flight did not work out as planned Aug. 19. The aircraft developed a mechanical problem while doing practice approaches at Bangor International Airport, Maine, and had to return to Westover early. Further complications on final approach resulted in the crew declaring an emergency and having to shut down and egress on the runway. The Westover Fire Department responded, declared the aircraft safe, and it was towed off the runway. Gen. Vautrain successfully completed his fini flight two days later on Aug. 21. (U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)
A Westover C-5 Galaxy sits on the tarmac in Colorado Springs, Colo. August 14, 2014. Forty-Seven Westover, Joint Base Charleston and March ARB Airmen came together to work hand-in-hand during
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Brig. Gen. Steven Vautrain, 439th Airlift Wing commander, receives the traditional hosedown following his fini flight, Aug. 21, 2014. Brig. Gen. Vautrain will go to the nation’s capital where he’ll begin his new position at the Pentagon as deputy director of strategic planning for the Air Force.(U.S. Air Force photo/SSgt. Kelly Goonan)