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  • New program for medical retirements/separations in the works

    Airmen being medically separated or retired from the Air Force will soon benefit from a new and improved disability evaluation system known as the Integrated Disability Evaluation System scheduled to be implemented June 2011.IDES is a joint effort to align the Department of Defense's and Department

  • Operation Cookie Drop brings holiday spirit to dorm Airmen

    More than 500 Airmen staying in the dorms over Christmas will now have the opportunity to eat some hand delivered cookies thanks to Operation Cookie Drop. The cookies were delivered to the dorms here on Dec. 21, 2010.Operation Cookie Drop, organized by the Chief's Group, is an Air Force-wide

  • Dover gets visit, photos with Santa

    Despite the cold and windy weather, 150 Team Dover families lined up to have their picture taken with Santa Claus on a C-17 Globemaster III Dec. 5.The event began at Grotto's Pizza in The Landings Club. After registering, the families were taken by bus to the flightline. "We had no issues getting

  • New program to launch for travel card

    Over the next few months, the Air Force will be converting to the Controlled Spend Account (CSA) card. The CSA is different from the government travel card and provides the traveler with increased flexibility to meet their travel needs. Fueled by "mission-driven" spend limits and unprecedented

  • Airmen help homeless shelter

    Members of Dover Air Force Base, Del., donated coats, food and toys to assist a local homeless shelter during the second "Help the Homeless" campaign which ends Dec. 23.To date, the campaign has donated 641 food items, 62 coats and 45 toys. The campaign continues to seek donations for the shelter,

  • Cell phone law to change in Dover

    A new bill was signed into law and becomes effective Jan. 2. This new law will limit what drivers can and cannot do with their cell phone while driving on Delaware roadways.The law bans texting while driving as well as the use of hand-held cell phones while driving. It also bans the use of pagers,

  • 736 AMXS wrecks shop

    The flag football championship game, played Nov. 17, found the 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron in first place and 436th Civil Engineer Squadron as runners up.Before the playoffs began 736 AMXS was not sure how they would fair throughout the season."We were a new group, we'd never played