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439th Airlift Wing is located at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts, with more than 1,660 personnel. The wing operates eight C-5 Super Galaxy aircraft and provides worldwide air movement of troops, supplies, equipment and medical patients.
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439th Airlift Wing Commander
Deputy Commander, 439th Airlift Wing
Command Chief, 439th Airlift Wing
Westover ARB, Mass. 413-588-1785 Manchester, Conn. 203-520-2052 Albany, N.Y. 518-788-5304 Worcester, Mass. 413-588-1785 Providence, R.I. 401-623-7271 Hanscom AFB, Mass. 401-623-7271 Manchester, NH. 401-623-7271
Nearly 45 members from the 439th Communications Squadron, 439th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 439th Operational Support Squadron and the 439th Contingency Response Flight participated in the two-week event. This was the second year in a row Westover has competed in this exercise.Two Patriot Wing
Achievements over the last year by the 439th Communication Squadron at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts, have marked the unit as a pioneering force in the realm of cyber incident response.
A member of Westover’s Air Force family went above and beyond to serve his community when he saw a family in need of help.
Four Air Force Reserve Command defenders represented the command well at the Danish Army’s annual international shooting competition at Halk Range, Hadersley, Denmark in June.
A deployed U.S. Air Force Reserve Citizen Airman assigned to Westover Air Reserve Base has died from non-combat injuries sustained in an all-terrain vehicle accident.
Nearly 70 future leaders of the 439th Airlift Wing continued the conversation on inclusion and racial equality in the military during the July unit training assembly. Lt. Col. Rodney Furr, 439th Airlift Wing chief of Public Affairs, spoke to the Development and Training Flight on the life and times
Members of the 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, 439th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and the 42nd Aerial Port Squadron conducted ground and flight medical training July 23 to 25.
Westover declared Health Protection Condition (HPCON) Delta on March 31 to combat the spread of COVID-19 across the base and our local communities. Westover is the first installation Air Force-wide to move to this level of protection.
Westover will soon see a significantly lower electric bill thanks to Chicopee Solar LLC. The Chicopee Municipal Light Plant, which services the city of Chicopee, will begin receiving electricity sourced from a newly installed solar plant just outside Westover.
The “knuckle busters” in the 439th Maintenance Squadron found they needed an elevator support bracket as soon as possible for the C-5 aircraft 69-0020, the oldest C-5A in the Air Force fleet that’s still flying. To make it mission capable, they made the large bracket from an even larger block of
September 11, 2016, will mark the 15th anniversary of the largest terrorist attack on U.S. soil in history. For those old enough to remember, that day and the events that followed will be forever etched in their mind, like Pearl Harbor was for those alive in 1941. Military members and their families
About 200 Air Force reservists from the 439th Airlift Wing are deployed to a pair of undisclosed locations here as well as in Baghdad. Capt. Kristin Montville and Tech Sgt. Jonathan Colwell are among these Airmen, whose home station is Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts, and they make up
This year marks the 29th iteration of the annual Patriot Hook exercise. The Air Force Reserve's 433rd Airlift Control Flight (ALCF) based at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is serving as the lead agency, while other participating Air Force Reserve units include the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at
Members of Westover’s Fire and Emergency Management staff -- joined by 600 other first responders, faith leaders, school staffs, health care providers, military members, and state and government employees -- attended the Western Region Homeland Security Council’s the Active Shooter Symposium March
The FAA has stated that unmanned aircraft systems are aircraft, not toys, making operators subject to aviation laws and guidelines. Knowing the laws and basic safety rules is essential, and helps you avoid stiff legal and civil penalties.
Air Force officials announced Thursday that Westover is no longer a prime candidate to be the first reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus main operating base. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, has now been slotted as the preferred base. The KC-46s are expected to begin arriving in 2019.Westover