News

  • Behind the scenes at the creation of an Airlifter newspaper

    Have you ever wondered how you are able to read articles in the Airlifter like you are doing now? Have you ever seen yourself in the base newspaper and thought, "How and where is the paper even made?"Well in order to produce a single copy of the Airlifter, it takes a joint effort between the 436th

  • Commissaries serve as Feds Feed Families collection sites

    Commissaries are serving as collection points for the Feds Feed Families campaign, which began June 1 and ends Aug. 31 at participating stateside military installations.During the campaign, participating installations help collect items most needed by food pantries and then donate them to area food

  • When tour guides become tourists

    A group of volunteers, used to teaching the air mobility mission, were recently given the opportunity to learn about advancements in Team Dover's largest aircraft.A group of 16 volunteers from the Air Mobility Command Museum toured a static C-5M Super Galaxy airlifter with 9th Airlift Squadron crew

  • Dover AFB hosts first-ever hurricane table top event

    Dover Air Force Base leadership from the 436th and 512th Airlift Wings hosted the first-ever hurricane table top event with local, state, and federal agencies May 20, 2015, here.Participants in the table top event included members from Delaware Emergency Management Agency, Delaware Civil Air Patrol,

  • School is out, summer fun is in

    It's that time of year again when parents try to plan positive activities for their children over the summer months and their children try to figure out how to occupy their time.The Dover AFB Youth Center  is one step ahead of both parents and children.  They have a wide variety of scheduled

  • Extraction exercise tests several agencies

    Working inside the fuel tanks of aircraft is not for the claustrophobic, but for a few Team Dover Airmen, it is their everyday job. They should rest easy knowing that if an accident were to occur, base agencies are ready to respond.Airmen of the 436th Maintenance Squadron's fuel systems shop and

  • Team Dover NCOs selected for promotion

    Officials announced today the selection of 81 Team Dover Airmen for promotion to technical sergeant.Those selected for technical sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning in August. Selections are tentative until the data verification process is complete, which