Sept. 29, 2006 Airmen tear up the blacktop for cash; 5 Dover Airman win $2000 in traveling basketball tournament Several Dover members won $2,000 in cash playing in the Scion Slam traveling basketball tournament this year. The Scion Slam Tournament is a basketball tournament sponsored by the Toyota Scion, for DoD identification card holders only. Contestants enter the tournament for free, and if they place
Sept. 29, 2006 Sexual Assault Prevention training provided at Dover AFB Sexual assault is defined as, "intentional sexual contact, characterized by use of force, physical threat or abuse of authority or when the victim does not or cannot consent," by the DoD. According to the DoD sexual assault Web site, www.sapr.mil, sexual assault includes: rape, non-consensual
Sept. 25, 2006 Dover AFB receives new maintenance trainer The Avionics Modernization Program, also known as AMP, is changing the way C-5s are flown by streamlining the C-5 to emulate civilian aircraft; replacing dials with multi-function display units (computer screens) and installing new communications and navigation panels. These new AMP systems not only
Sept. 14, 2006 AMC command chief visits Dover Team Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Barron Jr., Air Mobility Command, command chief, spent two days with Dover's Airmen Sept. 6 and 7. The chief spent much of his time talking to Airmen and taking tours of facilities here. "I see your commander's motto and I immediately sense an attitude; that is a reflection
Sept. 14, 2006 Ceremony celebrates groundbreaking of new facility, arrival of C-17s at Dover AFB Distinguished visitors from around the state gathered together with members of the Dover Air Force Base community Monday to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new C-17 training facility and the arrival of C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Dover. Though bittersweet because of the five-year anniversary
Sept. 1, 2006 AFSO 21 team uses 'Lean' lessons learned at Dover AFB to energize Airmen throughout AF An Air Force Smart Operations 21 team from the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., visited Dover recently to gain valuable insight into how to "Lean" a work process. The Air Force is training 72 AFSO 21 Master Process Officers through a six-month certification