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  • 9th AS pounds 436th MXS 20-4

    Despite playing only five games this season due to rainouts and forfeits, one of the hottest teams in the National League at the midpoint of the Dover Air Force Base intramural softball season is the 9th Airlift Squadron.On Tuesday night, the Pelicans proved how hot they are, again.The Pelicans

  • Running on empty

    Whether you're a marathon runner or trying to beat your last fitness score, you may have discovered your toughest competitor this summer is Mother Nature and some potentially dangerous record temperatures. With temperatures soaring, it serves us all to be on heightened alert for dehydration and

  • Team Dover artists coined

    Eight Team Dover members are being coined for their participation in the Air Force Arts and Crafts Gallery Showcase.The showcase, which was open to all members of Team Dover, had three categories: Youth 6-12, Youth 13-17 and Adults. The submissions selected at the base-level were forwarded to Air

  • Successful mission downrange highlights Dover capabilities

    Working with other agencies in a hostile environment on a quick turn around rotation, four airlift crews managed to deliver more than 100 helicopters to Army units at three locations in Afghanistan.U.S. Army teams assisted the C-5 Loadmasters in Rota and 3 locations in Afghanistan."The Army was

  • Listen up! Audio books now available at DAFB

    The 436th Force Support Squadron Base Library now offers free audio books on CD, cassette tape and downloadable digital format.An audio book allows people the freedom to enjoy a book through listening as they travel. "I like audio books because they are considered a valuable tool because of their

  • In a sour mood? Lyme Disease may be the culprit

    There is something lurking around Dover Air Force Base, a pest whose "bite" is worse than its bark.These blood-sucking creatures, known as the black-legged deer tick, attach themselves to their prey for hours or even days, carrying a disease that spreads from a single bite., lyme disease (LD). "A

  • Giving parents a break: Program helps relieve parents’ stress

    The Air Force Aid Society and Child Development Center have come together with the Give Parents a Break program to help relieve the stress parents can face.This program allows parents who have a spouse that is deployed, on remote tour, extended temporary duty or dealing with a high level of stress

  • Downrange: Our Airman's perspective

    Rank/Name: Senior Airman Deondra BradenUnit: 436th Medical Operations SquadronDeployed Unit/Location: 732nd Combat Stress Control/Forward Operating Base Gary OwenHometown: Lafayette, LADescribe your job at your deployed location: My job as the only enlisted joint expeditionary tasking Airman here is

  • Dover C-5s support Afghanistan troop surge

    Since June 17, Dover Air Force Base Reserve and active-duty C-5 aircrews have been overseas supporting the Afghanistan surge delivering 4 million pounds of cargo to Afghanistan.As of July 12, two C-5M Super Galaxies and seven C-5 Galaxies completed 42 of 44 missions, with the final C-5 mission

  • New vehicle technology arrives at Dover

    Two new hybrid vehicles arrived June 22 at Dover Air Force Base.These vehicles were obtained through the General Service Administration program, which rotates vehicles every five years. For fiscal year 2010, 436th Logistic Readiness Squadron received the two new hybrids after swapping out two older