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  • Maryland Task Force 1 strives for seamless operations with Team Dover

    Days after completing Hurricane Matthew relief support, a Montgomery County’s Urban Search and Rescue Team, known as Maryland Task Force 1, trained here with Team Dover Oct. 18, 2016. During the training, 19 members from Maryland Task Force 1 trained with Airmen assigned to the 436th Logistics

  • Snapshot: D2G: Roland takes charge

    Airman 1st Class Monique Lozano, 436th Aerial Port Squadron cracks an egg into a pan during a Dorm to Gourm class Oct. 11, 2016, inside the fitness center on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Roland Balik, 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, taught the students how to make beef enchiladas,

  • Nature’s aviators arrive, usher in Phase II

    Soon, around sunrise and sunset, a familiar honking sound will accompany the v-shaped formation of geese flying over Dover AFB, and soon, farm fields will appear to be covered in snow as hundreds of Snow Geese forage for food.

  • Surviving Khobar Towers: AFMAO Airmen reflect back 20 years

    An exhausted services Airman takes a break in a library after a long night of work in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.On the upper floor of a different building in the Khobar Towers military dormitory, a junior officer is preparing for bed and an early day. More than 7,000 miles away, a services Airman in the

  • Dover supports humanitarian relief in Haiti

    Two C-17A Globemaster IIIs and aircrews from the 3d Airlift Squadron, Dover AFB, flew humanitarian and relief supplies into Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in support of Joint Task Force Matthew from Oct. 6 to 9, 2016.

  • Snapshot: 2016 Fire Muster

    Firefighters from the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department pull an emergency vehicle during the 2016 Fire Muster competition Oct. 13, 2016, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The Fire Department hosts the yearly competition during Fire Prevention Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino)

  • Snapshot: Sparky reads to CDC members

    Staff Sgt. Julio Madera, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department lead fire inspector, reads to children during Fire Prevention Week Oct. 14, 2016, at the Child Development Center on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The department led approximately 10 public events during the week to share fire

  • Snapshot: DAFB First Responders set aside day for Exceptional Families

    Senior Airmen James Marker and Jamie Perigny, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters, help Merric Hunt, son of Master Sgt. Adam Hunt, 436th Maintenance Squadron Isochronal Maintenance Dock chief, try on firefighting bunker gear during the Dover Air Force Base First Responders’ Special Needs Day