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Body of 1st Sgt. Kevin Dupont, of Chicopee, arrives at Westover Air Reserve Base
The body of Massachusetts National Guard 1st Sgt. Kevin Dupont, of Chicopee, arrives at Westover Air Reserve Base on Wednesday.
New roots: For homeless women veterans, garden project at VA helps rebuild sense of place
Kim Tougas, a resident of the Soldier On shelter for women. 2 CAROL LOLLIS Pamela Provo, a resident of Cottage 23, in her room.
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Duty calls: Mohawk supt. splits time as reservist
Mohawk School Superintendent Michael Buoniconti, an Air Force reservist, is working half-time while he attends a two-month Air Force Reserve training requirement at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Civil Air Patrol training at Westover
Westover Air Reserve Base is home to some of the world's largest planes. On Saturday Westover served to help the pilots of much smaller craft sharpen their lifesaving skills.
Face of Defense: Flight Nurse Provides Care in the Air
While troops on the ground risk their lives fighting terrorism, Air Force Capt. Susan McCormick provides emergency care to wounded troops so they can return to the fight or return to their families back home.
Groundbreaking ceremony held for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion...
Chicopee Mayor Michael D. Bissonnette, left, holds a rendition of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 27 headquarters that will be constructed at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee.
Feature - Flight nurse provides care in the air
Susan McCormick feels it's her mission to provide the best emergency care to wounded troops so they can return to the fight or return to their families back home.
Air Force Reserve Unit Strives to Support Family Members
An Air Force reserve unit in Massachusetts does its utmost to support family members of deployed servicemembers, a noncommissioned officer assigned to the unita s family readiness center said today.
Westover Airmen return from Iraq
Westover Air Reserve Base welcomed home some of their own. On Friday afternoon, several Air Force reservists returned following a 150 day deployment in Balad, Iraq.A The airmen from the 439th Services Squadron ...
For small towns, war deaths draw residents closer
Lydia Maloney, flanked by her two sons, held a portrait of her late son, John. The body of Army Private Jonathan Roberge, who was killed in Iraq by a suicide bomber, lay in Leominster City Hall last week as ...
Devens not the only base to see military unit relocations
The construction of a $70.5 million Armed Forces Reserve Center on Barnum Road was first mentioned in the 2005 Defense BRAC Commission's recommendations that became law in November that year.
Westover reservists back on U.S. soil
Twelve local Air Force Reservists are safe on American soil after flying from Iraq, to Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee on Saturday.
Security forces leave Westover Air Reserve Base for Iraq
Connor Moriarty, 11, of Chicopee, gets a hug from his father Master Sgt. Quinn D. Moriarty as members of the 439th Security Forces Squadron deploy to Southwest Asia on Wednesday.
Ansonia teacher Afghanistan-bound
Master Sgt. Arthur Riley of Trumbull will soon be trading his job teaching at Emmett O'Brien Technical High School for training at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Mass.
Teacher, 58, called up to Afghanistan
He may be an electrical shop teacher at Emmett O'Brien Technical High School now, but in March, Art Riley, 58, will be leaving his chalkboard behind to don combat boots when he reports to Bagram Air Base in ...