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  • Special duty edition: recruiters

    In order to accomplish its mission requirements, the Air Force utilizes service members in specialized positions to perform a specific duty. These special duty assignments allow Airmen to step outside their standard roles and experience a different side of the Air Force. One of these duties is a

  • AMTs build dynamic leaders of character

    Each year, approximately 1,200 future Air Force leaders begin what may be the most challenging experience of their lives - the U.S. Air Force Academy. For the next four years, these cadets will endure Basic Cadet Training and rigorous academic and military studies while maintaining peak physical

  • Special duty special edition: MTIs

    In order to fill its myriad mission requirements, the Air Force employs service members in specialized positions to perform a specific duty. These special duties allow Airmen to step outside their conventional role and experience a completely new side of the Air Force. One such position is the

  • Daring duo defends Dover AFB

    When birds are at their peak and flying along their migration routes is typically when Melody Henderson, Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard ecologist and wildlife manager at Dover Air Force Base, Del., and her rescued border collie, Kilo, are at their busiest. Their job is to move birds and small

  • Photo story: CBRN training

    Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear survival skills training teaches service members how to safely operate within hazardous environments.

  • Where Team Dover's children go to grow

    The Child Development Center at Dover Air Force Base, Del., is responsible for approximately 200 of Team Dover's youngest members. Approximately 40 staff members oversee the children as they enjoy the playground, learn to speak Spanish and take the occasional midday nap.Children, between the ages of

  • First sergeants: stewards of the AF's most valuable resource

    First sergeants fulfill a special three-year duty chosen on a volunteer basis. Their primary concern is the Airmen in their charge, which is a full-time juggling act. The first sergeant's of Dover Air Force Base, Del., act as a bridge between commanders and enlisted personnel. Their area of

  • Excellence in all they do

    The base Honor Guard at Dover Air Force Base, Del., could be considered the face of the base when they are called on to act in an official capacity. They continually strive for excellence in all they do while providing services such as military honors, and partaking in local community events. The

  • 436th LRS - it's not science fiction

    In the 1991 box-office topper "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," there is a scene in which the evil Terminator (Robert Patrick) is snap-frozen when doused in sub-freezing liquid nitrogen, then shattered by a shotgun blast from the good Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger). It is an iconic moment of