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  • Fighting the flu: MDG offers advice

    An Airman wakes up tired in the morning with a pounding headache, sore throat, runny rose, body aches and a high fever. Maybe it's a common cold, but little does the Airman know that he or she has just become a victim of the flu. "Each year, more than 36,000 Americans die annually from the flu and

  • Football fans can join DAFB’s ‘Football Frenzy’

    The Eagle Lanes Bowling Center hosted a free Football Frenzy party for Team Dover and their families Sept. 13. The Air Force Services Club event was held at the ELBC for the first time, and clubmembers had a chance to win a trip to the Super Bowl. "I think this was a great event," said Senior Airman

  • Special Olympics holds bicycle race on Dover

    Dover Air Force Base, will host a Special Olympics event as more than 35 athletes participate in a bicycle race along Perimeter Road near the Eagles Nest Picnic Area Sept. 19. The opening ceremony will be at 8:30 with racers competing in 500 meter, 1K, 5K, 10K, 15K and 20K races. "We're really

  • 436 MXS hits hard against 436 SFS

    The 436th Maintenance Squadron defeated the 436th Security Forces 30-16 in intramural softball Sept. 10. Even with the threat of rain and high winds making both pitching and throwing difficult, the players continued the game. The 436th MXS team started early, scoring six runs in the second inning.

  • Team Dover’s first MatchUp grand prize winner

    A military retiree received a $7,000 grand prize from Air Mobility Command MatchUp Sept. 3. "It was a shock when I got the call telling me I had won," said Sam Marinucci, a retired technical sergeant. "I've been playing for three years and I usually only won the gift certificates and a $25 prize, so

  • C-5M sets 41 world records

    A Dover aircrew flying a C-5M Super Galaxy, named The Spirit of Normandy, unofficially set 41 world records in a single flight, taking off from the base before dawn today. The results are pending certification by the National Aeronautic Association and should be finalized in about a month, said

  • Earning a spot on the team: Dover athlete chosen to run the 2009 AF Marathon

    Two Dover Airmen were selected to participate in the 13th Annual U.S. Air Force Marathon Sept. 19 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. 2nd Lt. Abigail Wise, 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs chief of internal information, was chosen by Air Mobility Command as a primary team member, and Master