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  • Career field merger brings changes to OSS

    Team Dover's aircrew life support and survival equipment shops are currently merging into a new, combined career field named aircrew flight equipment. The two shops are merging together Air Force wide under an Air Mobility Command initiative. "Merging just makes sense because the two career fields

  • Dover rides into Rodeo 2007

    Dover's team of 26 hand-picked warriors arrived at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and competed in the Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 Sunday through Thursday. Rodeo results are scheduled to be released today. "Rodeo showcases AMC's best of the best and allows us to train and learn through spirited

  • Airmen, Cadets team up for Warrior Run

    More than 700 Airmen and family members, including 12 U.S. Air Force Academy cadets, participated in the Team Dover's Warrior Run Tuesday. The Warrior Run's success came directly after Col. Steven Harrison, 436th Airlift Wing commander, announced that Dover Air Force Base is lagging in fitness

  • Child supervision guidelines help keep DAFB children safe

    Team Dover families and caregivers are reminded that following established base guidelines will help keep Eagle Wing children safe through the summer months. Dover Air Force Base Instruction 40-303, Child and Youth Supervision Guidelines, sets a structure for what is acceptable for a variety of

  • Are you ‘That Guy?’

    The 436th Airlift Wing commander kicked off the 'That Guy' campaign on Dover Air Force Base during his first commander's call Monday. That Guy is a Department of Defense campaign designed to reduce heavy drinking among military members between ages 18 - 24, though that does not exclude older

  • Eagle Wing hosts 18th AF conference

    More than 100 senior leaders from 12 Air Mobility Command wings, three AMC groups, two expeditionary mobility task forces and the Tanker Airlift Control Center met here Tuesday through Thursday to discuss a variety of topics currently affecting the 18th Air Force. The 18th Air Force Commanders and

  • Spirit of the Constitution completes first mission

    The words 'Dover tower, this is Reach 510, heavy C-17 one to five miles to fly on the instrument approach to runway three two,' resonated in air-traffic controller Staff Sgt. Andrew Sokolovich's headset. "Check, wheels down - you are clear to land," replied Sergeant Sokolovich. With that, the Spirit

  • Dover’s 2nd C-17 supports ACC, Navy

    A Dover C-17 teamed up with Air Combat Command and Navy fighters in a joint Air Force - Navy training operation June 29 at Naval Air Station Key West, Fla. The Globemaster III, which Dover received June 21, teamed up with 16 F-15 Eagles from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., F-5s from NAS Key West's

  • MOTORCYCLE SAFETY DAY - Wing promotes safeguards through training, riding

    Despite rainy conditions, the 436th Airlift Wing Safety Office moved ahead with Motorcycle Safety Day June 29. The event was rescheduled from the end of May to June because of rain, and Safety Office members decided it couldn't be held off any longer. Events for the day included a briefing at the