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  • Dover AFB helps city salute Irish heritage

    Everyone seems to become Irish on St. Patrick's Day ... and that's no blarney! Despite the cold, windy weather and 40-degree temperatures, more than 1,200 spectators lined Dover's Loockerman Street Saturday, for the 14th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. More than 110 entries participated in the

  • End of an era: 3rd AS flies final C-5 flight

    The 3rd Airlift Squadron flew its final C-5 Galaxy flight March 14. In recognition of this historic flight, two 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department fire trucks provided an arch of water for the massive airlifter to taxi through. The 3rd is not standing down; it is transitioning into a new

  • Dover holds annual Chief’s Induction

    Dover's annual Chief's Induction Ceremony honored the base's newest chief master sergeants March 16 at The Landings Club. The ceremony celebrated the accomplishments of 13 Dover chief master sergeants and chief selects from both the 436th and 512th Airlift Wings. "Tonight is about tradition and this

  • Delaware hero remembered on St. Patrick’s Day

    The thundering booms of cannons roared over the echoes of stomping feet; charging ahead into a ferocious battle. They pressed forward, forcing their way through the dismal fog that camouflaged the tattered country side. The sounds of bagpipes wailed over the raging battle and faintly, through the

  • 3rd AS flies last C-5 mission

    More than three decades of airlift history and tradition will come to a conclusion this week when members from the 3rd Airlift Squadron return from the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility upon completion the squadron's final C-5 mission. The unusually large crew of 20 departed Dover Air

  • Dover airlifts 'City in a Box' to Soldiers overseas

    Dover Air Force Base's Super Port airlifted the Army's first 150-soldier Force Provider, nicknamed "City in a Box," aboard an Air Force C-17 here Feb. 23. The Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass. developed two Force Provider packages, said Jonathan Givens, Natick SSC physical scientist. One

  • AF instant messaging eases deployment stress

    The Air Force Instant Messenger program is now online, allowing Dover Airmen or family members to chat with family or friends deployed to virtually anywhere in the world from their home computers. The AFIM was designed to help ease deployment-related stress by keeping loved ones and friends in

  • RAF, USAF team up to fortify Royal Air Fleet

    The 436th Aerial Port Squadron and Air Mobility Command Museum teamed up with Royal Air Force St. Athan's Aircraft Recovery Transportation Flight to prepare, load and airlift a set of RAF C-130 wings here Feb. 23. The wings were transported aboard an Air Force C-5 to the United Kingdom and will be

  • Meet the members of DAFB's men's team through the eyes of coach Ray Jones

    Eleven of Dover Air Force Base's finest basketball players have dedicated time after work and on their weekends to represent the base in the Washington Area Military Athletic Conference. The team, under the tutelage of Coach Ray Jones, is 2 - 2 in the league and recently wrapped up the Capital