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  • KC-135E Stratotanker retires to AMC Museum 1 month after last mission

    The Air Mobility Command Museum welcomed its newest aircraft, a KC-135E Stratotanker that was formerly the property of the 108th Air Refueling Wing at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. The new aircraft will undergo a maintenance inspection and removal of all the fuel and other fluids, before being put on

  • Downrange: Our Airmen's perspective

    Rank/Name: Senior Airman Jeffrey Burgess Unit: 436th Aerial Port Squadron Deployed Unit/Location: 728th Air Mobility Squadron /Incirlik Air Base, Turkey Hometown: Jersey City, N.J. Describe your job at your deployed location: While I was deployed, I built pallets, made sure they were secured on the

  • Team Dover flies to one of the nation’s biggest air shows

    Every year Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisc., hosts one of the nation's largest Air Shows, the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture, bragging an attendance of more than 500,000 during the week. This year, 20 Team Dover members from both the 436th and 512th Airlift Wings flew a C-5M

  • New C-5 inspection program saves money, keeps planes in the air

    A new inspection program being tested at Dover Air Force Base will not only save the Air Force $1.38 billion over the next two decades, it will also keep four extra C-5 Galaxy aircraft available every day for Air Mobility efforts. The new program - which will change the way the Air Force conducts

  • This week in history: July 29 - August 1

    July, 29 1931: A state of Delaware-built Bellanca J aircraft, named the Cape Cod flew from New York to Istanbul, Turkey, non-stop. Two American pilots completed this new long distance record by navigating over 5,001 miles in 49 hours and 15 minutes. The Cape Cod monoplane consisted of a single

  • Team Dover can win big, game in full swing

    A Team Dover member has a chance to win $10,000 during a final grand prize drawing by playing a free game called Air Mobility Command MatchUp which ends Aug. 31. Players can receive tickets by using any 436th Force Support Squadron facility. To play, players scratch off a ticket and enter the number