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  • 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

  • Aviation fuel savings: AMC leading the charge

    Air Mobility Command has the largest fleet of the biggest airframes in the Air Force and they are the Department of Defense's largest aviation fuel customer consuming 28 percent of DODs energy use, but AMC is leading the charge in making energy a consideration in everything they do. During the third

  • CPTS bankrupts COMM 12-11

    In any team sport, winning or improvement is the goal, and for the 436th Comptroller Squadron softball team this is no exception.Things didn't look good for CPTS early in the season when they had to forfeit their first game of the season because it didn't have enough players to play.Those problems,

  • Got rhythm? Got music? Sing your heart out

    Dover Air Force Base will host the Air Mobility Command Icon base-level competition at The Landings Club Aug. 5 at 6 p.m.Team Dover vocalists age 18 and older who think they have what it takes have the opportunity to step up to the stage and belt out their favorite tune in front of the judges and