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A Westover Air Force Base sign. Following the establishment of the U.S. Air Force in 1947, Westover Field became Westover Air Force Base. In 1951, Air Defense Command (ADC) arrived, but then turned over the base to Strategic Air Command (SAC) in 1955 with the relocation of Headquarters, Eighth Air Force (HQ 8AF) to Westover AFB
Air Force Bases. 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 ...
The command post was linked to the main base by buried cables and microwave antennae. The U-2 spy plane film that set off the Cuban Missile Crisis was developed at Westover. It was a base of operations for the Air Force in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Bombing and cargo missions in Vietnam were made directly from Westover.
Westover Air Reserve Base, built here in 1940. Originally an Army Air Corps and later Army Air Forces installation known as Westover Field, it became Westover Air Force Base when the Air Force became an independent service in 1947. From 1955 until 1974, it was a Strategic Air Command (SAC) installation.
Westover Air Reserve Base; ... Installations of the United States Air Force in Massachusetts; Chicopee, Massachusetts; This page was last edited on 7 August 2020, ...
1.108 Westover AFB, Chicopee, MA (H). ... 3902d Air Base Wing 1979–1986; ... Major General Oscar Westover. Eighth Air Force 1955–1970
First Air Force. Westover Field, Chicopee; Unnumbered Air Base Squadron, 26th Air Base Group / 25th Air Base Squadron / 25th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, 18 December 1940–10 April 1944 112th Army Air Force Base Unit, 10 April 1944–15 January 1946 Was Westover Air Force Base (1947-1974) Now: Westover Joint Air Reserve Base (1974 ...
The Westover Air Force Base Hospital is a former hospital at Westover Air Force Base. With the reduction of the base to a reserve base in 1974, the hospital closed. The buildings stood for decades as objects of urban legend for local children until they were finally torn down in the early 1990s. [1] [2]