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  • AFSO 21 event saves Air Force $1.4 million

    MXS Quick Engine Change shop returns $1.4 million in servicable parts to Supply during 5-day rapid improvement event Dover Air Force Base's 436th Maintenance Squadron saved the Air Force more than $1.4 million after the completion of a five-day rapid improvement event here recently. Using Air Force

  • 512th OG upsets 436th AMXS 9-7 Monday

    The 512th Operations Group bested the 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron in a tight game here Monday. The Reservists beat the Maintainers 9 - 7, over six innings at the softball field near The Landings Club. Adrian Perez, AMXS, upset his rival Reservists when he smashed the ball out of the park in

  • 8 homers in Loggies’ 24 – 12 win over APS

    Right-hander Jason Hogan was a scary sight on the mound and on the bases Monday night when he led his Loggies to a 24 - 12 victory over the 436th Aerial Port Squadron. Hogan threw a complete game and went 4 for 5 on the offense with two singles, a double, a home run, banging in three RBIs. The 436th

  • DEFY Camp empowers Team Dover youth

    From academic lessons on drug-resistance and decision making, to C-5 and control tower tours, 35 Dover Air Force Base children participated in this year's Drug Education for Youth Camp. The children were treated to a wide variety of activities over the seven-day Phase 1 portion of the program. Open

  • Dover member wins AF Antiterrorism award

    Michael Mendoza, 436th Airlift Wing Anti-terrorism advisor recently won the 2007 Air Force Best Antiterrorism Program Manager. "I could not have received this recognition without the cooperation and commitment from the unit antiterrorism representatives and the Antiterrorism Force Protection and

  • Driving after drinking not worth the risk

    You're not dependent on alcohol and you wouldn't be considered an alcohol abuser, so therefore, you're not at risk of causing an alcohol-related accident. Right? Wrong. In fact, statistics show that only 8.5 percent of the American population meets the criteria of being an alcohol abuser, but

  • Beware the dangers of co-signing loans

    What would you do if a friend or relative asked you to co-sign a loan? It's easy to say yes, but your signature means a lot more than a simple 'vote of confidence' co-signing is serious business. Some studies show that three out of four co-signers of finance company loans are asked to help repay the

  • Spirit of the Constitution debuts at Dover AFB

    While clouds hung overhead Monday morning, rain and dreary weather didn't dampen the spirits of those present to welcome Dover Air Force Base's first C-17 Globemaster III, Spirit of the Constitution, at a formal ceremony in Building 706. The C-17 was picked up by Team Dover's crew from Boeing's Long

  • DAFB opens first-ever Regionalized ISO

    The 436th and 512th Maintenance Groups cut the ribbon at the Air Force's first-ever regionalized Isochronal Inspection Dock June 1. Brig. Gen. Robert McMahon, Air Mobility Command director of logistics, was on hand to help celebrate the historic event here. "I consider this an extremely historic

  • Team Dover takes possession of new C-17

    The first C-17 Globemaster III to be assigned to Dover Air Force Base, Del., is finally in the hands of a Team Dover crew and will arrive on base Monday.The Dover crew, along with delivery official Brig. Gen. Alfred Stewart, 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force commander, McGuire AFB, took