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  • Dover’s Engineers: Leading the Way in Mission Readiness

    Eighty-two members of the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron conducted a four-day field training exercise Sept. 20 – 24, 2017, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, the first of its sort in Air Mobility Command in more than a decade.

  • Won’t get hosed again: Dobbins technician helps fix C-5

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – Anyone who’s had their car breakdown knows it always seems to happen at the most inopportune time. The same can be true for aircraft flying important missions on strict deadlines. A C-5M Super Galaxy here experienced a mechanical issue last week when it was delayed

  • NASCAR drivers experience C-17 gas and go

    NASCAR drivers Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ross Chastain and Harrison Burton, along with 17 individuals associated with NASCAR, came to Dover AFB, Delaware, Sept. 28, 2017, for a C-17 Globemaster III orientation flight. The flight included air refueling with KC-135T Stratotankers assigned to the 127th Wing,

  • Dover MX Airman returns to Puerto Rico

    A team of seven Airmen from the 436th MXG volunteered to deploy to Puerto Rico to support aircraft maintenance operations for incoming and outgoing Air Mobility Command aircraft transiting the island while delivering humanitarian relief supplies and personnel. One of these seven, Airman 1st Class

  • Communication equipment loaded onto C-5 at Dobbins, headed for Puerto Rico

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – A C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware landed here to provide airlift for AT&T communication equipment and technicians Oct. 2 and Oct. 4.The airlift mission provided critical infrastructure restoration in support of life-saving activities underway in

  • Snapshot: Troops to Tracks

    Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Ford Fusion, autographs a t-shirt for Tech. Sgt. Steven Auer, 436th Operations Support Squadron air traffic control ops supervisor, before the Apache Warrior 400 race Oct. 1, 2017, at Dover International Speedway, Dover, Del. Auer was a participant of the Troops to

  • Royals are lifeline to hurricane survivors

    Team Dover Airmen have a proud history of delivering help in dire situations all across the world. No matter the circumstance, these men and women can be on site in a short amount of time providing hope for those in need. The 3d Airlift Squadron "Royals" from the 436th Airlift Wing supported relief