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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
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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.
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.
Westover Air Force Base Hospital; Westover Air Reserve Base; Worcester ANG Station This page was last edited on 26 June 2024, at 01:33 (UTC). Text ...
Westover Air Reserve Base, then known as Westover Field, was built in 1939 in anticipation of its need under the looming threat of war.As a national organization, the Civil Air Patrol was created on December 1, 1941, in response to an observed need to support civil defense and general aviation during World War II.
The brigade is a tenant of Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts. [1] The headquarters moved from the Fort Devens military base in 2008, and continues to occupy a new nearly $31-million building with a variety of units from different branches of the military.
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.