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  • CFC kicks off with luncheon Oct. 6

    The country's largest annual workplace charity campaign begins Monday at Dover Air Force Base with a kickoff luncheon at The Landings Club at 11:30 a.m. The luncheon will consist of an agency fair, with information from various agencies who directly benefit from the Combined Federal Campaign, and

  • Fire Department preps for Fire Prevention Week

    Dover AFB's Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association to promote this year's Fire Prevention Week Oct. 5 through 11 with an open house at the Fire Station Oct. 11 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This year's campaign focuses on preventing the leading causes of home fires:

  • MDG offers 6 tips for staying flu free this season

    Flu season is on the way and 436th Medical Group officials have several suggestions to help Airmen and their families stay healthy this winter. The flu, a contagious respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus, is different from the common cold in that people with colds rarely get fevers,

  • Dover kicks off Fall Safety Campaign

    The Air Force Safety Center is leading the first-ever joint-service Fall Safety Campaign which kicked off Sept. 2 and will run through the end of November. It is intended to bridge from where the "101 Critical Days of Summer" Campaign leaves off and the Winter Safety Campaign begins. The primary

  • Dover wins more than $20,000 in MatchUp base race

    Team Dover won Air Mobility Command MatchUp for the second time in three years Sept. 1. MatchUp is an annual AMC-wide services competition where Airmen play online scratch tickets to win cash and gift certificates to AMC services facilities. The base with the highest percentage of participants was

  • Children cut ribbon on new Youth Center

    Several of Team Dover's youngest members helped the 18th Air Force commander and his wife cut the ribbon on DAFB's newest facility today. Maj. Gen. Scott and his wife Kathy, surrounded by a group of kindergarteners officially dedicated the $8.7 million building which offers before and after school

  • Base to save $80,000 by changing light bulbs

    Dover expects to save more than $80,000 a year with a new energy saving initiative called Operation Change Out. The voluntary U.S. Department of Energy program suggests military facilities, like base residential areas, exchange incandescent light bulbs for compact-fluorescent ones. "We're