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  • Bluesuiters Golf Tournament

    Col. Ethan Griffin, 436th Airlift Wing commander, blasts out of a bunker during the 2016 fall Bluesuiters Golf Tournament Sept. 9, 2016, at the Eagle Creek Golf Course on Dover Air Force Base, Del. This was Griffin’s first tournament since becoming wing commander in the summer of 2016. The biannual

  • 15 years later: Team Dover, first responders remember 9/11

    Fifteen years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. was forever changed when the terrorist group al-Qaida hijacked three passenger planes and carried out coordinated suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A fourth plane was crashed into a

  • Snapshot: Special Olympics Delaware 2016 Cycling Classic

    Corey Bryan, Upper Shore athlete, takes a warm-up lap on his stand-up bicycle prior to the start of the Special Olympics Delaware 2016 Cycling Classic Sept. 10, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. SODE and Dover AFB have had an ongoing relationship since 1993. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman

  • Summer ends with a Labor Day Safety Send Off

    Col. Eric Brandes, 512th Maintenance Group commander, right, talks to drivers as they enter the base Sept. 1, 2016, at the north gate on Dover Air Force Base, Del. As part of the 436th and 512th Airlift Wings Labor Day safety send off, Tech Sgt. Marcelino Ruiz, 436th Security Forces Squadron

  • Snapshot: A/TA develops Airmen

    Senior Airman Scott Luhn, 9th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, asks retired Gen. Arthur “Art” Lichte, Airlift/Tanker Association chairman, left, and retired Chief Master Sgt. Michael Kerver, A/TA president, a question at an A/TA professional development panel Aug. 26, 2016, at the Air Mobility Command

  • Air Force celebrates 69 years

    At the age of 69, one could hope to be enjoying his retirement, spending time with family and friends and taking part in old hobbies, but for the U.S. Air Force, 69 is just another year of air, space and cyberspace superiority in the books.

  • Prepping for deployment by KUDOS/TUDOS

    Not all overseas deployments start off at 8 a.m. and end around noon the same day, especially on nice warm summer days, unless you signed up for Kids Understanding Deployment Operations/Teachers Understanding Deployment Operations sponsored by the Dover AFB Airman & Family Readiness Center.

  • Snapshot: Women’s Equality Panel

    Dawne Nickerson-Banez, 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs community relations chief, speaks about some of her military experiences during the Women's Equality Day luncheon on Aug. 25, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Nickerson-Banez served in the U.S. Navy for eight years. She went on to become

  • Snapshot: Senior NCO Induction

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody delivers a speech to guests at the 2016 Dover Air Force Base Senior NCO Induction Ceremony on Aug. 26, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Fifty Team Dover master sergeant-selects and their families attended the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by