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  • Flight safety number one at Dover

    The Aero Club at Dover Air Force Base was honored with an Air Force-level safety award for 2008 for 1,000 hours of mishap-free flying. The Aero Club is hosted by the 436th Force Support Squadron and offers flight training and testing to Department of Defense ID card holders, their dependants and

  • Dover heated up over fire prevention

    With Fire Prevention Week being held Oct. 4 - 10, Dover Air Force base is teaming up with The National Fire Protection Association to urge Delaware residence to 'Stay Fire Smart! Don't Get Burned.' This year's campaign focuses on ways to keep homes fire safe and prevent painful burns. Each year

  • Building bare bases one pallet at a time

    There are servicemembers whose jobs seem to catch all the glory and there are those who work behind the scenes to make sure those glorious jobs are able to be performed. For the servicemembers assigned to the 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group, here, this adage holds true. Their ability to create a

  • 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