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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
The B-52C used on the mission of Thursday January 7, 1971, with the call sign "Hiram 16", had been built in the summer of 1956 as one of thirty-five B-52C bombers. From 1952 to 1962 a total of 744 B-52s of all models were built. By January 1971, all thirty-one remaining B-52Cs were stationed at Westover Air Force Base near Springfield ...
On June 27, 1958, four KC-135s assigned to the 4050th Air Refueling Wing, Eighth Air Force at Westover Air Force Base would seek to break two New York City to London speed records. [2] One pair would attempt to break the record for the fastest non-stop round trip from New York to London.
It is the flying component of the Twenty-Second Air Force 439th Airlift Wing, stationed at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts. The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 439th Troop Carrier Group was a C-47 Skytrain transport unit assigned to Ninth Air Force in Western Europe.
The crew, consisting of two 99th Bombardment Wing Standardization Division crews based at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, and two instructors from the 39th Bombardment Squadron, 6th Strategic Aerospace Wing at Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico, was briefed for six hours the day before the accident.
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.
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 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. If mobilized, the wing is gained by Air Mobility Command.