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  • New programs help Team Dover meet fitness challenge

    Earning a 100 percent on the Air Force physical training test is a feat that not all Airmen will receive throughout their career, but there is another 100 that all Airmen here can achieve.Col. Michael Grismer, 436th Airlift Wing commander, has issued a challenge to all of Team Dover; 100 percent

  • On your mark, get set, 'Braaaaains'

    With dozens of people running for their lives from a mob of the undead and a hazardous material team examining  victims all in easy view of motorists driving by on Delaware Route 1; it is a wonder how the base did not receive a swarm of phone calls from concerned civilians.Raising more than $1,000

  • DAFB observes Fire Prevention Week

    Nationwide, there have been 1,789 residential fire fatalities so far in 2014. The majority of these deaths could have been prevented with proper fire prevention procedures and education.The week of Oct. 5 to 11, 2014, was designated as National Fire Prevention Week and the Dover AFB Fire Department

  • Airmen restore American history at Gettysburg

    Fighting broke out once again on the frontlines of Gettysburg. However, it wasn't the battle sounds of cannons and muskets being fired from the Union and Confederate Armies that were heard, but it was the sound of overgrown brush being pulled from the ground and the sound of a rotting fence being

  • Finance changes to take place Oct 1, Nov 1 2014

    Several changes will take effect beginning October 1 and November 1, 2014 to include a flat rate per diem for long term travel, changes to reimbursable incidentals, dislocation allowance with dependents, and merged travel regulations. Please see information below for a brief summary and contact the

  • AMC Museum receives rare airlifter

    The AMC Museum received a rare WW II Lockheed C-60 Lodestar airlifter on October 5th. It was delivered via a Dover AFB C-5M Galaxy, also built by Lockheed.The addition of a C-60 now gives the AMC Museum a complete set of every significant Lockheed airlifter built since WW II, the only museum in the