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  • Civil Air Patrol honors Mt. Tom crash site

    On Saturday, July 20, the Westover Composite Squadron honored the 73rd Anniversary ceremony for 25 fallen service members who perished when their B-17 crashed into Mt. Tom. The plane and her passengers crashed July 9, 1946 while returning home to Westover Field from a Europe tour of duty after World

  • HoF garners award for hosting recruiting event

    Col. Craig Peters, 439th Airlift Wing commander, presents a photo of Westover Air Reserve Base to John Doleva, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame president and CEO, in Springfield, Massachusetts on Dec. 18, 2019. The Basketball Hall of Fame hosted a job fair for Westover in September 2019.

  • James Street gate closed for holidays

    For the holidays the James Street Gate will be closed from Dec. 13, at 6 p.m. and will not re-open until 6 a.m. on 6 January 2020. The Westover Road Gate will continue to operate 24 hours.KAREN L. MAGNUS, Colonel, USAF439th Mission Support Commander

  • Rededication of B-52 crash Memorial Plaque at Westover Chapel

    After many years the plaque was reunited with the original stain glass window at the Chapel. The stain glass window and plaque were originally in Chapel 3 on James Street but when the base closed in the 1970s the stain glass window ended up in the new chapel location in building 1100 and the plaque

  • 439th Airlift Wing Announces Quarterly Award winners

    Please join the leadership team congratulating the following 3rd Qtr wing winners:· AMN – SrA Alejandro Clark, MXS· NCO – SSgt Rene Rodriguez, MXS· SNCO – MSgt Julious Del Rosario, SFS· CGO – Capt Biniam Tekeste, AMDS· Civilian – Mr. Estevin Fernandez-Camilo, SFS

  • Westover C-5 airlifts aid to Guatemala

    A Westover air crew from the 337th Airlift Squadron flew a humanitarian mission to Guatemala, Oct. 18 to 20. The C-5M hauled a fire engine, two ambulances and other humanitarian supplies that were picked up in Buffalo, N.Y.

  • Westover's annual Spouse Summit

    The Airman & Family Readiness Office held its first Spouse Summit. Thanks to all of those who came today. We know and appreciate the commitment military spouses make and we welcome you as part of our Westover family! #reserveready

  • 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.