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  • Airman of the Week: Staff Sgt. Lauren B. Karas

    Name/rank: Staff Sgt. Lauren B. KarasSquadron: 436th Civil Engineer Squadron: "best in the Air Force" Job description: Electrical power production, where I troubleshoot, repair, and replace generators, automatic transfer panels and switchgears.Dream assignment and why? I do not really have a dream

  • 9th Airlift Squadron bids fond farewell to C-5B

    Over the years, the C-5Bs of Dover Air Force Base, Del.'s, 9th Airlift Squadron have touched countless lives. From resupplying troops in overseas combats zones, to delivering hope to people affected by natural disasters, the aircraft has left behind a legacy of service that spans the globe. But as

  • Air Force expands drug testing program to include abused prescription drugs

    The Air Force and other military services will expand their drug testing to include testing for commonly abused prescription drugs beginning May 1, 2012.On Jan. 31, 2012, the Secretary of Defense gave a 90-day advance notice of the drug testing expansion which aims to counter the nation's growing

  • Airman of the Week: Airman 1st Class Shawna A. Spaid

    Name/rank: Airman 1st Class Shawna A. SpaidSquadron: 436th Aerospace Medicine SquadronJob description: Aerospace medical technicianDream assignment and why: Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. It would be like I am on vacation every day. Family: My Husband, Brian Spaid; stepsons, Valen and Colten Spaid;

  • AF officials announce manpower force structure changes

    Air Force officials released force structure changes and resulting manpower impacts from the new DoD strategic guidance and fiscal 2013 President's Budget Mar. 6.The fiscal 2013 President's Budget adjusts Air Force military end strength to 501,000, with net reductions of 3,900 Active Duty, 5,100 Air

  • Top seeds focused heading into intramural basketball playoffs

    The base intramural basketball playoffs began Monday with each of the top teams plotting strategy in order to be the team to take home the trophy at the Dover Air Force Base, Del., Fitness Center on Wednesday night.The top team heading into the playoffs, the 436th Security Forces Squadron (11-2),

  • Next month’s Motorcycle Safety Day to be biggest yet

    Over the past 10 years, the Air Force has lost hundreds of service members - parents, children, siblings and spouses - to an indiscriminate killer. These lives were not lost on convoy operations or in firefights overseas, but on the streets of America. Too many deaths were completely preventable,

  • 13th Annual Ruck March honors Korean War vets

    Approximately 200 service members and civilians met at the Dover Air Force Base, Del., Air Mobility Command Museum Feb. 25, 2012, to partake in the 13th Annual Korean War Remembrance Ruck March, hosted by the 436th Security Forces Squadron. The marchers strapped on 30-pound ruck sacks and embarked