FEMA preps for Earl, stages out of Westover for first time

About 35 Federal Emergency Management Ageny tractor trailers loaded with water, generators, tarps, food and other emergency supplies arrived at Westover on September 2 in preperation for the possible landfall of Hurricane Earl in New England. Westover and FEMA have had emergency plans in place for six years, but Hurricane Earl marks the first time the base is being used as a staging point for FEMA Region 1, which encompasses all of New England.

FEMA preps for Earl, stages out of Westover for first time

About 35 Federal Emergency Management Ageny tractor trailers loaded with water, generators, tarps, food and other emergency supplies arrived at Westover on September 2 in preperation for the possible landfall of Hurricane Earl in New England. Westover and FEMA have had emergency plans in place for six years, but Hurricane Earl marks the first time the base is being used as a staging point for FEMA Region 1, which encompasses all of New England.

FEMA preps for Earl, stages out of Westover for first time

About 35 Federal Emergency Management Ageny tractor trailers loaded with water, generators, tarps, food and other emergency supplies arrived at Westover on September 2 in preperation for the possible landfall of Hurricane Earl in New England. Westover and FEMA have had emergency plans in place for six years, but Hurricane Earl marks the first time the base is being used as a staging point for FEMA Region 1, which encompasses all of New England.

FEMA preps for Earl, stages out of Westover for first time

About 35 Federal Emergency Management Ageny tractor trailers loaded with water, generators, tarps, food and other emergency supplies arrived at Westover on September 2 in preperation for the possible landfall of Hurricane Earl in New England. Westover and FEMA have had emergency plans in place for six years, but Hurricane Earl marks the first time the base is being used as a staging point for FEMA Region 1, which encompasses all of New England.

Patriot Wing participate in ORTP3

Westover members traveled to Volk Field, Wisconsin to test their mettle at the Combat Readiness Training Center April 30 to May 4.

Patriot Wing Airmen participate in ORTP3

Westover members traveled to Volk Field, Wisconsin to test their mettle at the Combat Readiness Training Center April 30 to May 4.

WAKE-UP CALL

Each new day held unique challenges for three members of Westover's 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron during their four-month deployment to Iraq earlier this year. Lieutenant Col. Robert C. Dorman, Maj. Robert D. Rostedt, and Maj. Maureen A. McCann treated physical and mental casualties north of Baghdad at Balad Air Base, part of the complex spread over 15 square miles known as LSA (Logistics Support Area) Anaconda.

Seeing the big picture

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM – Two Westover pilots are deployed to the Combined Air Operations Center at an air base on the Arabian Peninsula, where they monitor the status of ongoing missions supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The CAOC was the nerve center for all U.S. Central Command air operations when the first air strike occurred early March 20, 2003. Cruise-missile attacks and the start of massive air operations with thousands of sorties a day followed this opening strike. By May 2, major combat was over and the stabilization phase of the operation began. (Photo by Ministry of Defence-Royal Air Force Sgt. Gareth Davies)