Westover Air Reserve Base News

Working under the wing of a C-5 at Westover Air Reserve Base, Staff Sgt. Jacob Crafton from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, checks one of the planes components.

Andrew Therrien, 6, of Easthampton, covers his ears during one of the gun salutes by the 10th Mass reenactment volunteers during the Northampton Veterans Day parade.

In a year when the economy has been at its worst, Westover Air Reserve Base has pumped more money into the local region than it ever has before.

Picture Jo Medycki as a cross between Lucille Ball and Martha Stewart , a vivacious redhead with style and taste who favored old-fashioned elegance and bubbled over with creative ideas.

Vietnamese residents of Quant Tri Province wait patiently in line to be seen by Air Force medical professionals Sept.

A group of Westover airmen have returned home after a deployment overseas. One of the Airmen happens to be a detective with the Springfield Police Department.

Don't be surprised to hear a thunderous noise in the sky. Ten F-16 fighter jets will be flying out of Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee for two weeks.

Two wheels from a C-5B Galaxy jet are recovered from the woods and loaded onto a truck after falling from the aircraft and landing near Metacomet Street in Belchertown last month.

Tech. Sgt. Andrew Cavanaugh supervises the loading of a mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle onto a C-5 Galaxy July 31 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. The MRAP vehicle is a next-generation armored truck and was transported to a deployed location in Southwest Asia.

Tech. Sgt. Andrew Cavanaugh supervises the loading of a mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle onto a C-5 Galaxy July 31 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. The MRAP vehicle is a next-generation armored truck and was transported to a deployed location in Southwest Asia.

By SANDRA E. CONSTANTINE sconstantine@repub.com CHICOPEE - An Air Force investigation into why two wheels fell from a military C-5B Galaxy jet on a training mission over Belchertown Thursday is just taking shape and could take as long as 30 days, according to a military official.

Edward C. Ortiz, of Chicopee, stands in front of Building 28 at Springfield technical Community College.

As a group of excited children wielded very small shovels, a ceremonial groundbreaking was held Friday at the first community center for a 124-home military complex near Westover Air Reserve Base.

The body of Massachusetts National Guard 1st Sgt. Kevin Dupont, of Chicopee, arrives at Westover Air Reserve Base on Wednesday.

Kim Tougas, a resident of the Soldier On shelter for women. 2 CAROL LOLLIS Pamela Provo, a resident of Cottage 23, in her room.

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.