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  • Pinnacle addresses utility concerns

    Starting in 2009, Eagle Heights housing residents began to pay utility bills directly to Chesapeake Gas and Dover Electric. The utility bill changes are similar to how members residing off base pay utilities, said Chris Radziewicz, Pinnacle Housing director. "It's a much easier way for everyone

  • Dover EOD best in AF

    An elite team of warriors, who both operates in perilous environments around the world, and protects on- and off-base populations here, was recently lauded as being the best in the Air Force. The 436th Civil Engineer Squadron's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight recently won the 2008 Senior Master

  • Dover addresses AF-wide MTI shortage

    The Team Dover career assistance advisor is scheduled to host a Basic Military Training Instructor application briefing in the 3rd Airlift Squadron auditorium, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. This briefing comes in response to an Air Education and Training Command announcement that officials are seeking more than

  • VITA takes stress out of tax season

    With W-2s scheduled to be released to the MyPay Web site Jan. 23, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is spinning up to help Dover military members, retirees and family members file their taxes at no cost. VITA has 22 volunteers to assist Airmen with filing returns and answering any basic

  • Honor guard presents the colors at inauguration ceremony

    (From Right) Airman 1st Class Joshua Welter, Senior Airman Herman Bowser, Staff Sgt. James Norton and Airman 1st Class Stacey Enger from the Dover AFB Honor Guard present the colors during the inauguration ceremony for Gov. Jack Markell at Legislative Hall Jan. 21. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Minto)

  • Vietnam vet lays foundation for memorial in Kent County

    Joe Startt spends his days working in the 436th Maintenance Squadron either making repairs to aircraft parts or fabricating new ones, but for more than a year his hours after work have been spent pursuing another dream, a Vietnam veterans memorial park for Kent County. Mr. Startt knew people from

  • 'Big' improvements come with upgrades to the AF's largest jet

    The mighty C-5, commonly noted as the largest aircraft in the Air Force inventory, is currently undergoing modifications and upgrades to improve performance and reliability. According to a C-5 test pilot assigned to the C-5 Modernization Program, the new C-5M Super Galaxy, which Dover Air Force Base

  • 436th AW to honor winners at annual award ceremony

    Twenty four hours a day, 365 days a year, the tireless contributions of Team Dover Airmen keep the world-wide air mobility mission thriving. In the near future, 436th Airlift Wing leadership, members of Dover Air Force Base and some special guests will take a night to celebrate the team's tireless

  • City of Dover welcomes local firefighter home

    More than 20 City of Dover firefighters joined efforts with local police to welcome a Dover Air Force Base Airman home today. Senior Airman Derek Larson, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter and a City of Dover volunteer fireman, was met at the Delaware-Maryland state line and escorted by a

  • 'Heated' subject could lead to disaster

    Imagine a snowy winter day in the Eagle Heights housing area. After completing their snowman and topping it off with a carrot nose and charcoal eyes, a group of children make their ways back home to sip on some hot cocoa and warm up in their cozy houses. The lower the mercury level dips on the