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  • Liberty Wing “Portmasters” live up to their name

    Since last September, about 45 members of the 46th Aerial Port Squadron here have been deployed to the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyz Republic, where one of the unit's main missions is moving coalition personnel and cargo into and out of Afghanistan. The Liberty Wing

  • Airmen Helping Airmen: AFAF campaign kicks off

    'Airmen Helping Airmen' is the theme of the Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, which kicked off with a donation drive at the commissary Mar. 11, 2013, on Dover Air Force Base, Del.The AFAF campaign, which runs from Mar. 11 through April 19, raises money through donations from Airmen to support to

  • Airman of the Week: Senior Airman Elias Gallardo-Baez

    Name/rank: Senior Airman Elias Gallardo-BaezSquadron: 436th Operations Support SquadronJob description: Aircrew flight equipmentDream assignment and why? Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. It has always been my dream to live in England.Family: Spouse, Alexandra Gallardo (nursing student and

  • Charity hockey game helps Wounded Warriors

    Combining ice hockey and fund raising for a good cause was the goal for a group of Team Dover hockey players and the University of Delaware NCAA Division II team as they played a charity hockey game benefitting The Wounded Warrior Project on Mar. 10, 2013, at the Fred Rust Ice Arena on the campus of

  • Exercise, exercise, exercise...

    More than 100 Airmen are participating in an Operation Readiness Exercise on Dover Air Force Base, Del., Mar. 2 through Mar. 8, 2013. The ORE evaluates the wing's ability to respond to accidents, disasters, increased states of readiness and deployments in support of worldwide contingency operations.

  • Airman of the Week: Staff Sgt. Dan Grove

    Name/rank: Staff Sgt. Dan GroveSquadron: 326th Airlift SquadronJob description: LoadmasterDream assignment and why? Military Training Instructor. The Air Force changed my life and I want to give back. I've found that I have a knack for instruction and enjoy it thoroughly. Being a MTI is the ultimate

  • Sequestration to affect DOD schools, commissaries

    Civilian personnel at Department of Defense Education Activity schools and the Defense Commissary Agency will be affected by sequestration, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said here today.The department will struggle to ensure DODEA -- which serves 84,000 students at 194 schools -- maintains

  • Air Force cuts aviation support at public events

    As the Air Force braces for potential sequester, leadership has cancelled all aviation support to public events for at least the remainder of the fiscal year and is standing down the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team to save flying hours to support readiness needs. Effective today, active-duty,