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  • AF Director of Civil Engineers visits Team Dover

    Brig. Gen. William H. Kale III, left, Air Force Director of Civil Engineers, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, and Tech. Sgt. Heather Truitt, right, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron operations

  • Dover leadership recognizes top performer

    Col. Matt Husemann, left, 436th Airlift Wing commander, presents Senior Airman Colton Day, center, 436th Operations Support Squadron radar airfield weather systems technician, with a certificate as the week’s Top Performer on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 5, 2022. Day was coined by Husemann

  • Motorcycle Safety Day promotes message of mentorship

    U.S. Army Capt. Rahan Dulamal, Joint Personal Effects Depot summary court martial officer, accomplishes safety checks on a motorcycle owned by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Burnette, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management apprentice, during the 2022 Motorcycle Safety Day mentorship ride on

  • AMC Museum receives USAF’s first KC-10A Extender

    The very first KC-10A Extender ever produced for the U.S. Air Force was retired from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to its new home at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover AFB, Delaware, April 26, 2022.Tail number 79-0433 was the first of 60 KC-10A aircraft produced for the Air

  • Dover CGOC earns national recognition

    Dover Air Force Base’s Company Grade Officers’ Council won the 2021 National CGOC of the Year award, March 21, 2022.Dover AFB’s CGOC bested approximately 100 other councils to earn the top spot.

  • Dover AFB tower supervisor presented AFFSA Aircraft Assist Award

    On April 13, 2021, the quick actions by a Team Dover air traffic control tower watch supervisor prevented an aircraft mishap as a forklift operator started to cross an active runway just as a C-5M Super Galaxy, with 12 aircrew aboard, touched down on the same runway.At the time of the incident, Paul

  • Riveting success: 436th MXS saves time, money

    Since mid-September 2021, the 436th Maintenance Squadron hydraulic shop has been saving the Air Force more than $1 million.The 436 MXS employs an in-shop orbital riveter to locally repair loose caps on C-5M Super Galaxy brake torque tube assemblies and return brake assemblies to serviceability,