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Westover AFB was officially turned over to AFRES on May 19, 1974. In From October 1987, the wing converted to the C-5A model of the C-5 Galaxy and the 439 TAW was redesignated as the 439th Military Airlift Wing (439 MAW), operationally gained by the Military Airlift Command (MAC). In 1991, Westover AFB was renamed Westover Air Reserve Base.
Otis Air Force Base [1] Westover Air Force Base [114] Centers. Air Force Electronic Systems Center [115] Facilities. Air Force Special Projects Production Facility [116] Post Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley [117] Hospitals. 551st United States Air Force Hospital (Otis AFB) [1] Westover Air Force Base Hospital [118] Laboratories
99th Bombardment Wing (Heavy), Westover AFB, Massachusetts; B-52C, 1956–1966; B-52B, 1958–1959; B-52D, 1957–1961, 1966–1974 346th Bombardment Squadron 347th Bombardment Squadron (Reassigned to 4047 SW in 1961) 348th Bombardment Squadron Inactivated in 1974; Westover AFB transferred to Air Force Reserve as Westover ARB.
Westover Metropolitan Airport is the civilian component of the complex. It is owned and managed by the non-profit Westover Metropolitan Corporation, established in 1974 to develop property surplused by the General Services Administration .
Westover AFB, Chicopee, MA (H). Namesake: Major General Oscar Westover. Eighth Air Force 1955–1970 1st Air Division 1954–1955; 57th Air Division 1956–1969
The 337th Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, part of the 439th Airlift Wing at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts.It operates C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission worldwide.
Moved to Westover AFB (later, Westover ARB), MA, 1 April 1974. Activated in the Reserve on 1 April 1974. Redesignated as: 439th Military Airlift Wing on 1 Oct 1987, with C-5 Galaxy. The 439th flew several relief missions to Jamaica after Hurricane Gilbert devastated that island in the fall of 1988. [2] C-130 operations ended in 1988. [1]
A view of Westover's flightline full of 439th OG C-5s The 439th Operations Group is an active United States Air Force Reserve unit. It is the flying component of the Twenty-Second Air Force 439th Airlift Wing , stationed at Westover Air Reserve Base , Massachusetts .