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  • 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

  • New program to help save energy coming to Dover

    An Air Mobility Command Fuel, Energy, and Environment campaign is at Dover in July 1 - 31. The FEE campaign is an approach to find ways to improve fuel, energy and environmental conservation and to save resources. The approved IDEA can also generate a monetary award up to $10,000 for ideas producing

  • Team Dover Airman to represent US in world championship

    In ancient Japan, the samurai developed a special martial art that allowed them to fight their armed and armored opponents if they happened to become unarmed. This ancient art, known as Jujitsu, was passed down from generation to generation, until eventually it made its way around the world.This art

  • Comm pounds 3rd AS 14-4

    Mercy me.This is a thought that could have been running through the minds of the 3rd Airlift Squadron softball team after its game with the 436th Communications Squadron.Comm pounded out 19 hits including a three-run homer by Ryan Singer to mercy-rule 3rd AS 14-4 in five innings Tuesday in a