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  • Reporting instructions - Dec. 22

    Due to inclimate weather conditions, reporting instructions for Tuesday, Dec. 22 are as follows. Mission Essential Level 1 personnel should report for normal duty hours, all other personnel will report for work at 10 a.m. local. Continue to monitor 677-Base or the Dover Web site for further

  • ’Proud Pelicans’ carry the fight

    The large doors of a C-5 Galaxy slam shut and engines wind up. The C-5 taxis to the runway where it quickly gains the speed required to get it in the air. Flying high and heavy with cargo, the C-5 makes it way to operational bases all over the world. The efforts of many different squadrons at Dover

  • New online finance system comes to Dover

    Dover Air Force Base is receiving the latest non Defense Travel System user-friendly online travel system, E-Finance Jan. 1, 2010. E-Finance will enable members to seamlessly file a travel voucher and associated forms in an electronic fashion. Finance forms will be generated on-line in a

  • Holiday decoration safety tips

    The holidays are here, which means traditions such as trimming the tree, putting lights on the house and huddling around a warm fire in the evening with loved ones. One of the most important traditions of the holidays should be safety.The holidays mark a time of increased fall-related accidents and

  • Flight teaches community members importance of mission

    Participants in Leadership Central Delaware took part in an orientation flight Dec. 7 as part of their education about the role Dover Air Force Base plays in Kent county and for the Air Force.Leadership Central Delaware was created by the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce to bring together

  • Team Dover’s holiday recipes

    Dover Airmen and their families are sharing their favorite holiday recipes for the base to enjoy. Saint Mary's Sugar Cookies courtesy of Joyce Ford1 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp. vanilla1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 tsp. salt1 cup margarine or (butter) 4 cup flour1 cup oil 1 tsp. cream of tarter2 eggs 1

  • Long distance support; donations to orphanage in Kyrgyzstan come from afar

    Several Airmen stationed at the Transit Center at Manas in Kyrgyzstan recently delivered over 60 boxes to a local orphanage that were sent by a dental college in Texas and others throughout America.Kyrgyz children and teachers at the Nizhanchuisk Orphanage and School had no idea what was in store