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  • Airman Guinevere Acosta, 436th Operation Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, adjusts her camera’s settings at the professional photography workshop during the Fall Wingman Day Series Sept. 16, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The photography workshop helped Airmen understand and use basic photography skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Brandan Hollis)

    Dover AFB Fall Wingman Series takes flight

    Team Dover hosted a Fall Wingman Day Series Sept. 16-18, 2020, to focus on comprehensive Airmen fitness and resiliency.
  • Airman 1st Class Tyler Jackson, 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman (right), and Senior Airman Derek Archer, 439th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman (left), utilize winches to lower the engine onto a cradle C-5M Super galaxy engine change September 9, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Weighing between five to six tons and costing 15.5 million dollars, C-5M Super Galaxy engines are handled with precision and care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Harding).

    Total Force Airmen perform and test C-5M engine change process

    Four Total Force maintenance squadrons’ efforts culminated in conducting the first C-5M Super Galaxy engine change in six years Sept. 8, 2020.
  • Airman 1st Class Weston Rose, aircraft hydraulic systems apprentice, and Senior Airman Kevin Aguilar, aircraft hydraulic systems journeyman, both from the 436th Maintenance Squadron aircraft hydraulic section, remove cleaning compound from the fuselage of a McDonnell Douglas VC-9C Aug. 25, 2020, at Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Rose and Aguilar, along with other members of the hydraulic section, volunteered to strip, clean and polish the shiny aluminum skin of the aircraft formerly designated as Air Force Two. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

    436th MXS volunteers apply elbow grease, save money

    Volunteers from the 436th Maintenance Squadron aircraft hydraulic section gave a McDonnell Douglas VC-9C a much-needed exterior cleaning Aug. 25-26 at the Air Mobility Command Museum.During its time in service, the VC-9C was also known as “Air Force Two” and served to transport Vice Presidents Walter Mondale, George H.W. Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore
  • Airman 1st Class Devin Oliver, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection apprentice, performs the ringing of the bell ceremony during the 19th Anniversary 9/11 memorial event Sept. 11, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The ringing of the “four fives” is a firefighter tradition that signals and honors when a firefighter has perished in the line of duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino)

    Dover AFB hosts 9/11 memorial event

    On Sept. 11, 2001, the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, New York, and the Pentagon in Washington changed our country forever. A fourth plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field when the passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93 attempted to take back control of their hijacked aircraft. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives that day. On the 19th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.S. history, Dover AFB paused to remember the men and women who lost their lives by honoring them during a 9/11 memorial event.
  • 436th Aerial Port Squadron Airmen load cargo being delivered to Ukraine onto a contracted aircraft at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 16, 2020. Contracted aircraft stopped at Dover AFB to pick up cargo as part of a foreign military sales project. The U.S. is committed to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The two countries continue to strengthen their partnership first initiated in 1993. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail)

    Dover Airmen reroute cargo, saves millions

    The 436th Aerial Port Squadron saved approximately $5 million through collaborative efforts with the 618th Air Operations Center to reroute and resource cargo missions through the installation. Dover AFB is home of the Department of Defense’s largest aerial port, which is a hub for many strategic airlift missions. However, COVID-19 has complicated many of those missions.
  • A 9th Airlift Squadron flight crew goes through their equipment prior to a mission Aug. 20, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. All equipment is centrally located in the One Stop office for easier epediting. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Jonathan Harding)

    Dover facilitates fast flights with One-Stop program

    The Dover One-Stop Program is the culmination of a few Airmen providing rapid customer service to flight crews departing the base. The concept evolved over several years here at Dover and throughout Air Mobility Command with the intent of preparing flight crews to be ready to go and sent out the door as fast as possible. The main goal is to save time and effort by having all pre-departure items planned out and prepared for flight crews.
  • 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen repair the lights on the flight line at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 29, 2020 as a 3rd Airlift Squadron, C-17A Globemaster III takes off. Twenty percent of the nation’s out sized airlift capacity is generated from Dover AFB. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail)

    CES ensures runway readiness

  • The sun sets over Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, as Airmen work on the flight line Aug. 12, 2020. The 436th Airlift Wing generates global strategic airlift with both C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17A Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail)

    Sun sets over Dover AFB flight line

  • Rachel Johnson, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Department of Defense DNA Operations evidence custodian, looks at a computer screen, with a sample test tube sitting in front of her on the desk.

    Total Force Airmen: Supporting the DoD - in and out of uniform

    Splitting work between a federal entity and the Air National Guard can pose a challenge, let alone having the two work environments more than 600 miles away from each other. For Maryland native Rachel Johnson, she is both an evidence custodian for the Department of Defense DNA Operations at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, and is also a unit training manager in the Air National Guard as master sergeant with the 101st Air Refueling Wing in Maine.
  • A view from the air traffic control tower of the empty flight line after Tropical Storm Isaias passed over the base, Aug. 4, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. C-5M Super Galaxies and C-17A Globemaster IIIs were flown to other locations prior to the arrival of the storm. The base received 1.4 inches of rain and recorded wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour during the peak of the storm. At least one tornado was reported within five miles of the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

    Team Dover rallies to safeguard aircraft from tropical storm

    DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. – As Tropical Storm Isaias approached the United States, units from the 436th Airlift Wing came together and braced for the storm. Seven C-5M Super Galaxies and seven C-17 Globemaster IIIs were able to evacuate the base and evade the path of the storm in less than 24 hours, protecting approximately $4 billion worth of aircraft.
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