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  • Snapshot: Sixteen go off the grid in Special Ops Challenge

    A Special Ops Challenge participant logs one of 10 laps during the 500-meter swim June 14, 2016, at the Oasis Pool on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Sixteen Team Dover members entered the challenge consisting of five events that challenged their speed and stamina. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

  • CES to complete near decade long power project

    The 436th Civil Engineer Squadron is putting on the finishing touches to complete a near decade long project to upgrade and relocate power lines from overhead power poles to an underground system.

  • Around the world in 14 days

    In 1873, Phileas Fogg, the fictional protagonist in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days circumnavigated the globe by rail and steamer ship in, of course, 80 days. Unfortunately for Phileas Fogg, he did not have access to a C-5M Super Galaxy to accomplish this feat quicker. A Team Dover

  • AFMES unveils new seal

    Service members and civilians celebrated the unveiling of the new official seal of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner Systems May 26, 2016, at AFMES on Dover AFB.Air Force Master Sgt. Kathryn Bonavita, the master of ceremonies, opened with brief information about the agency responsible for creating

  • APS looks back over 50 years

    After more than 50 years of service, the Super Port held a celebration ceremony May 20, 2016, inside of the Department of Defense's largest aerial port.The legacy of the aerial port began in August of 1953 when the Military Air Transport Service recognized Dover as a strategic location. The 1607th

  • 2016 Hurricane season kicks off

    The 2016 hurricane season officially began June 1, 2016, kicking off six months of the threat of tropical weather affecting the Dover AFB area. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a near-normal hurricane season for 2016. NOAA predicts a 70 percent likelihood of 10 to 16

  • AMC Museum unveils Air Transport Command exhibit

    Most military units and organizations can trace their heritage and roots back decades or even centuries to their predecessors. This is true with today's Air Mobility Command, which can trace its own roots back 75 years to the Air Transport Command.The AMC Museum unveiled a new exhibit that focuses