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  • Cops douse Fire Dawgs in Battle of the Badges

    The annual Battle of the Badges softball game between the 436th Security Forces Squadron and the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department started in 1990 as the brainchild of former 436th SFS Chief Master Sgt. John Darcey and has been played ever since during Fire Prevention Week.Another

  • Airman of the Week: Master Sgt. David Smith

    Name/Rank: Master Sgt. David W. SmithSquadron: 436th Maintenance Operations SquadronJob description: Quality assurance inspectorPrevious assignments: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.; Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea; Hill Air Force Base, UtahDream assignment and why? Any fighter base; I miss the

  • Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto

    For the first time ever, some of America's next leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics competed in the VEX robotics competition on an Air Force Base, as Team Dover hosted the Delaware State VEX Championship Oct. 6, 2012, in an airfield hangar on Dover Air Force Base, Del.37

  • Team Dover's AFE technician named AF's best

    Word is getting around about Team Dover's Aircrew Flight Equipment team. Air Mobility Command took notice in 2011, naming the shop their 2011 AFE Large Program of the Year. The international community took notice when Team Dover's AFE shop was hand-selected to train their equivalents in the Polish

  • End of an era: heat plant replaced by greener alternative

    After 58 years of continuous service, the heat plant at Dover Air Force Base, Del., is hanging up the towel. The facility was decommissioned and cleared out in late September 2012, and is scheduled for demolition in the coming months.The decision to close the plant came after a 2010 survey reported

  • Airman of the Week: Airman 1st Class Ashley N. Smith

    Name/rank: Airman 1st Class Ashley N. SmithSquadron: 436th Aerial Port SquadronJob Description: Cargo processorDream Assignment and why? Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. or Kadena Air Base, Japan. JBLM because my family lives there; Kadena, because I speak some Japanese and love the culture.Family: