Talk:Westover Air Reserve Base

message: I noticed that Westover Field redirects here. I found no mention of this name in the article and a Google search turned up nothing that I could work with. I'm changing the redirect to point to Amador County Airport (O70). If you have any disagreements, please drop me a note on my talk page and we can wok on a dab. Thadius856 19:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That is because when Westover was turned over to the government, it was called Westover Field. This happened back in 1974 I believe then in 1976 when the base the established. Since then they decreased in size by almost 50% selling their land to large distribution plants and trucking companies. FroggerCod 05:29, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, the signs of Route 33 and the MassPike still say Westover Field.  Calitorp (talk) 17:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirected from Westover Field

message: I strongly suggest that each airport get a different article.  See Charleston International Airport and Charleston AFB for examples of what we could do.  The combined page is unwieldy and confusing no matter how it is organized. Calitorp (talk) 17:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that makes sense. The article as it stands now is a bit awkward. ASHill (talk) 19:46, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split up the article? 

message: I challenge the first clause of the statement "Due to its proximity to Connecticut, discount carrier Skybus Airlines markets Westover as "Hartford (Chicopee, MA)" on its route maps." Without a third party reference verifying it, I would prefer to let our readers make inferences about why Skybus markets Westover as Hartford then to make the inference for them. If it's obvious, then we don't need to say it anyway.
Also, a number of edits have tried to find a way to claim that Westover is the only airport in Massachusetts other than Logan 1) offering commercial service (which isn't true), 2) offering jet service (also not true), 3) offering commercial service beyond neighboring states (however that's defined; Nantucket Memorial Airport has service to Virginia), or 4) west of Boston offering commercial service. Without a reference asserting notability, I don't think any of these statements are worth including and strike me as bordering on a marketing effort for either the airport or Skybus.
However, I've reverted these changes enough in the last few days, so I'll let someone else revert or form a consensus here. ASHill (talk) 19:37, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hartford = Chicopee? 

message: I propose that Pollution from Westover Air Reserve Base be merged into this article; details over pollution problems should be a sub-heading.  Pollution from Westover Air Reserve Base is tagged with several problems, and it would just be best if these two articles were merged.  Thoughts?  User:Marechal Ney  —Preceding undated comment added 18:19, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: * Done. Tried to minimise the POV, but will still benefit from additional work. Haruth (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 10:49, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: Original article too POV. Additional reliable sources required to help improve neutrality. Haruth (talk) 11:02, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, on multiple levels: a) many of the claims made in the section are unsourced; b) even the claims that are sourced are general hazards (yes, military aircraft use JP-8 which has all sorts of things associated with it, but that kind of detail is better-suited to the article on JP-8). --Grahamdubya (talk) 18:03, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Environmental Impact Section  

message: I'm proposing to merge Stony Brook Air Force Station into this article. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 23:47, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: AGREE Since Stony Brook is a simply stub and was part of Westover for almost half of it operational history. Ckruschke (talk) 19:16, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. RobDuch (talk·contribs) 05:12, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Stony Brook Air Force Station into this article 

message: Westover Field is mentioned in episode 15 of season 2 of Hogan's Heroes ("Information, Please") as the originating base of a  captured american pilot who was in fact a planted German spy tasked with identifying suspected information leaks with the POW camp. 76.152.173.175 (talk) 04:30, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Popular Culture