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  • Air Force announces new officer developmental categories

    In an effort to enhance the officer talent management system and enable tailored and agile development, the Air Force is expanding the single Line of the Air Force promotion category into six distinct developmental categories, senior officials here announced Oct. 21.

  • Westover EM builds All-weather ATSO training facility

    “We have here a no kidding state of the art training facility, that will give us all-weather capabilities,” said Col. Craig Peters, commander, 439th Airlift Wing speaking to a crowd of 30 people, Oct. 3. The occasion was the ribbon cutting ceremony for the all-weather bare base training ground.

  • Westover Firefighter's host AFRC training

    On the week of Sept. 16 the Westover's 439th Civil Engineering Squadron's Firefighters hosted the 2019 Fire and Emergency Services Management Training. Over forty firefighter's from around AFRC were in attendance.

  • Westover Airmen participate in National Night Out

    Tech. Sgt. Jackie Hammon, 439th Security Forces Squadron, took part in the Chicopee National Night Out at Sarah Jane Park in Chicopee, Mass., August 5th, 2019. Hammond was joined by Capt. Michael Brown, Operations Officer, 439th SFS and Tech. Sgt. Seth Coyer from the base recruiting office. The

  • Westover conducts annual readiness exercise

    Airmen from units throughout the 439th Airlift Wing participated in an annual readiness exercise, here, June 11 through 14.The event assessed Airmen’s ability to survive and operate in a hostile environment for a period of time. “The objective of this particular exercise is called ATSO, which stands

  • 4 Lenses focuses on personality traits

    The 4 Lenses class was held at the Command Post, Sun. June 9, facilitated by Chief Master Sgt. Al Raymond.4 Lenses is a personality type indicator developed from the Myers Briggs’ model and is a class that helps people identify their own and others’ personality traits. The focus is on teams

  • Westover hosts AFRC process improvement event

    Representatives from across Air Force Reserve Command recently held a rapid improvement event, here, June 10 through 14.The event aimed to pinpoint potential process improvements for current Logistics Readiness Officer (LRO), or 21R, training requirements. The overall project is an AFRC A4 human