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  • Could you be the next AMC Icon?

    Air Mobility Command is searching for the next AMC Icon. The AMC Icon program is loosely based around the hit TV program, American Idol. All AMC installations will conduct base level talent shows during July and August. Local contestants compete for $1,000 in cash prizes. The top finishing Air Force

  • Dover AFB moves on to greener heating method

    Built in 1954, the heat plant on Dover Air Force Base is in the last stages of demolition. About 15 to 20 years ago, the base started building facilities that were hooked up to their own heat and were constructed separate from the central heat plant. For years the central heat plant was the only

  • Team Dover delivers 3,000 meals to hungry youths

    More than 20 Airmen from Dover Air Force Base, Del., packed 3,000 meals for local underprivileged youths here June 12.The volunteers partnered with the FBD, which relies solely on volunteerism to aid more than 240,000 food-insecure Delawareans annually. The meals, consisting of milk, juice, fruit,

  • New Professional Development Guide available

    The new Professional Development Guide, or PDG, AFPAM 36-2241, is now available at www.e-publishing.af.mil. Printed guides will be distributed to all promotion-eligible active duty Airmen in the grades of E-4 through E-8 and airmen first class with at least two years in service. Base and unit

  • Air Force removes six career fields from constrained list

    Six enlisted career fields will be removed from the career job reservation constrained list, while 17 others will see lower quotas, beginning June 15, Air Force Personnel Center officials said June 13.The career job reservation program enables the Air Force to manage the number of first-term Airmen

  • Public Comment Period for Dover AFB Five Year Review

    Dover Air Force Base is providing a public comment period from June 17 to July 31, 2013 for a Five Year Review Report of environmental cleanup activities at the base. This report summarizes the history and progress of environmental cleanup actions at the base and recommends follow-up actions.

  • Former safety chief heads sexual assault prevention efforts

    Senior officials announced June 6 that they have appointed a two-star general to lead the Air Force's effort to reduce sexual assault within the ranks, and provide victims the support they need.Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward was appointed the new director of the reorganized Air Force Sexual Assault

  • Airman wins Volunteer Parent of the Year

    Military personnel have always made community involvement and volunteering a priority and a Dover NCO was recently recognized for his efforts. Staff Sgt. Jon Meyers, 9th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, received the Capital School District Parent Volunteer of the Year award in a ceremony May 29,