![]() 287th Medical Detachment, 804th Medical Brigade.Westover Composite Squadron, NER-MA-015, Massachusetts Civil Air Patrol.Westover ARB has the longest runway in Massachusetts.ģ37th Airlift Squadron 439th Aerospace Medicine Squadron 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron 439th Operations Support Squadron 439th Airlift Control FlightĤ39th Maintenance Squadron 439th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronĤ39th Force Support Squadron 439th Communications Squadron 439th Logistics Readiness Squadron 439th Civil Engineering Squadron 439th Security Forces Squadron 58th Aerial Port Squadron 42nd Aerial Port Squadron Outside of the AFRC command structure, the 439 AW and Westover are operationally gained by the Air Mobility Command (AMC).ĭue to its location as one of the few remaining active military air bases in the northeast United States, Westover ARB is transitted by many different U.S. The host unit is the 439th Airlift Wing (439 AW) of the Fourth Air Force (4 AF), Air Force Reserve Command. ![]() ![]() The installation was named for Major General Oscar Westover who was commanding officer of the Army Air Corps in the 1930s. Until 2011, it was a backup landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle and in the past few years has expanded to include a growing civilian access airport ( Westover Metropolitan Airport) sharing Westover's military-maintained runways. Established at the outset of World War II, today Westover is the largest Air Force Reserve base in the United States, home to approximately 5,500 military and civilian personnel, and covering 2500 acres (10 km²). Westover Air Reserve Base ( IATA: CEF, ICAO: KCEF, FAA LID: CEF) is an Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) installation located in the Massachusetts communities of Chicopee and Ludlow, near the city of Springfield, Massachusetts. IATA: CEF, ICAO: KCEF, FAA LID: CEF, WMO: 744910ģ,534.8 metres (11,597 ft) asphalt/ concreteĢ,159.5 metres (7,085 ft) asphalt/concreteĪirfield shared with Westover Metropolitan Airport ![]()
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