News

  • Sinek speaks to Team Dover

    Simon Sinek, motivational speaker and author, toured and gave nine talks to more than 800 Airmen and personnel March 14 at Dover Air Force Base, Del."The first contact I had with Simon Sinek was after receiving email for volunteers needed for greeters," said Master Sgt. Matthew Galiszuski, 436th

  • Honor Guard Team 1 wins dodgeball tourney

    One activity most people enjoy as a child but often don't get to experience as an adult is dodgeball.The 436th Force Support Squadron remedied that as it hosted a St. Patrick's Day dodgeball tournament March 15, 2013, at the fitness center on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Honor Guard Team 1 came back

  • Keeping Dover AFB clean

    The environment; it is the area in which we all live, breathe and transform our dreams into realities. So the question that looms over our heads is what can we do to protect it? The answer lies within the Environmental Management System. This system was created at the turn of the century through

  • Consolidating funds

    Starting Apr. 1, Fort Sill National Bank will close the doors on its standalone bank, while its Base Exchange counterpart will remain open on Dover Air Force Base, Del.FSNB is closing it separate location to consolidate locations. "We tried to consolidate last summer but the BX didn't have the room

  • 'Rodeo' competition canceled

    This year's gathering of the Mobility Air Force's biennial Rodeo readiness competition has been canceled.Gen. Paul Selva, Air Mobility Command commander, decided this week to cancel the competition because of budget shortfalls."Given the fiscal uncertainty and current budget cuts, this was the right

  • Air Force suspends military tuition assistance

    In the wake of sequestration, the Air Force officially suspended military tuition assistance March 11.Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley announced the Air Force has officially suspended military TA for the remainder of fiscal 2013. The program will continue to be evaluated to determine the

  • Team Concept

    Five Air Traffic Controllers recently won an Air Mobility Command-level award for averting an aircraft's collision with local wildlife at Dover Air Force Base, Del.The Lt. Gen. Gordon A. Blake Aircraft Assist Award is an AMC level award that is awarded for any action taken by an air traffic

  • ORE 2013

    Airmen from both the 436th Airlift Wing and the 512th Airlift Wing participated in an Operational Readiness Exercise on Dover Air Force Base, Del., Mar. 2 through Mar. 8, 2013. The ORE evaluated the wing's ability to respond to accidents, disasters, increased states of readiness and deployments in