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  • Power saving IDEA earns big bucks

    A Team Dover member received $10,000 Sept. 2 for his contribution to the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program. The IDEA program was developed to assist in the foundation of ideas in all areas of the Air Force to constantly improve and streamline processes. "It's amazing to see

  • 3rd AS returns from deployment

    With flowers, banners, presents and balloons, family members and Team Dover leadership welcomed the members of the 3rd Airlift Squadron back to Dover Air Force Base Sept. 2 and 3. The 3rd AS deployed from Dover as the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron to provide combat airlift and airdrop,

  • This week in history: 30 Aug. - 5 Sept.

    31 August 1910: Mr. Robie Seidinger produced Delaware's first aeroplane, the "Delaplane" in Wilmington. A year earlier, Mr. Enoch S. LaFerve and Mr. W.D. LaFerve of Dover, Delaware, patented their own flying ship. However, no evidence exists that this machine was ever built or flown; but it did show

  • Looking out for big brother

    An aircraft maintainer's job is to ensure the safety of his aircraft and its crew, but for one maintenance officer here, the stakes are raised when his older brother is at the controls. Growing up, Capt. Bryan Lucero, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III pilot, always looked out

  • Downrange: Our Airman's perspective

    Rank/Name: Airman 1st Class James Burns Unit: 436th Force Support Squadron Deployed Unit/Location: Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Hometown: Cedar Park, Texas Describe your job at your deployed location? I was a Third Country National escort. I provided security for TCN's and other escorts I worked

  • Service Station open for business

    After 11 months of construction, the ribbon was officially cut on the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Southside Service Station Aug. 24. The old service station had been completely demolished and replaced with a new, larger facility that better suited the needs of Dover Air Force Base. "We're