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  • You only live once: DAFB officials provide tips for safe July 4

    For motorcycle and grill safety tips scroll to the bottom of the article. Also, remember that personal fireworks are illegal in Delaware, but if you are traveling to a state where personal fireworks are legal, you'll find several saftey tips listed in the article below. Dover Air Force Base safety

  • Thanks for helping with Del. State youth Top 10 Tourney

    Comment: I would like to extend my appreciation to the wing for its help with the Delaware State youth Top 10 Tournament held recently at Eagle Lanes. Special commendations to the 436th and 512th Security Forces Squadrons for their handling of the entry authorization list for participants and

  • Why has Dover stopped playing reveille or retreat?

    Q: Why has the base stopped playing Reveille or Retreat? They played for a little bit, and then just stopped. A: I appreciate the fact that you noticed the absence of these important traditions. Reveille and retreat are generally programmed to play at 6:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. respectively. On Fridays

  • How random is drug testing at Dover?

    Q: How is the drug testing random when every civilian in a unit gets hit for the urinalysis test twice in 45 days, and one person is selected four times in two weeks? It doesn't appear very random. A: The likelihood of eligible civilians being notified of selection for mandatory random drug testing

  • May 8 Airman Leadership School Graduates

    Congratulations to the following staff sergeant and senior airmen who graduated from Airman Leadership School May 8: John Levitow Award: Danielle Ayers, 436th LRS Academic Achievement: Brandon Long, 436th CES Distinguished Graduate: Brandon Long, 436th CES Leadership: Staff Sgt. Christopher Cope

  • Dover Airmen selected for promotion to master, technical sergeant

    Congratulations to the following Team Dover members on their selection for promotion: Master sergeant: Marc Allen, 3rd AS James Anderson, 436th MDSS Erik Appeldoorn, 9th AS Margaret Arrasmith, 436th MXS Brett Barrows, 436th CPTS Richard Bell, 736th AMXS Roderick Bird, 436th MOS Craig Broyles, 9th AS

  • Air Force Clubs offer enhanced cash-back credit cards

    Throughout the summer, The Landings Club is partnering with Chase Bank to launch Military Free Cash Rewards Program, an enhanced cash-back, credit-card initiative. Furthermore, new club membership applicants can choose between a MasterCard with the enhanced rewards program or a limited-use

  • Buggin' out: Team Dover takes on Japanese beetle

    Every year, thousands of insects, unique to the east coast, descend upon Dover Air Force Base quarantining military and civilian aircraft traveling west of the Rocky Mountains. These select planes must be debugged and certified before they can fly. The threat entomologists here are tackling is the

  • Report fires for safety, insurance reasons

    In the event of a home fire, there are many steps to take, and for a small fire that can be easily extinguished without the aid of the fire department, there are also several steps anyone should follow. The first step is to call 911, even if a fire extinguisher is nearby and the fire has been put

  • Dover wins AF antiterrorism award

    Dover Air Force Base was named the 2008 Air Force Best Antiterrorism Program Installation award winner June 13. "This is a hard-earned award," said Mike Mendoza, 436th Airlift Wing antiterrorism advisor. "The efforts of the Threat Working Group, Force Protection Working Group and Unit Antiterrorism