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  • Team Dover battles it our during Wing Sports Day

    It looked like there was a chance of rain Wednesday morning, but it brightened into a sunny afternoon for the bi-annual 436th Airlift Wing Sports Day here. Motivational cheers could be heard from the softball field and the Fitness Center, which was packed throughout the day with spectators and

  • Dover AFB’s senior officer earns his stripes

    Dover's senior field grade officer was bestowed the highest enlisted honor recently, when he was 'promoted' to the rank of honorary chief master sergeant. Col. Sam Cox, 436th Airlift Wing commander, was recognized by the Dover Air Force Base Chief's Group for his service to enlisted Team Dover

  • Student raises $800 to support diabetes research

    Austin Kernodle, is a member of the National Junior Honor Society and plays football and basketball for his school. Recently, this active student raised nearly $800 to support diabetes research. Austin was one person out of more than 50 Dover Air Force Base Middle School Students who participated in

  • SNCO shares story of success in spirit of Fitness Month

    If Airmen were trains and their career paths were tracks, then undoubtedly Master Sgt. Robert Stewart was a rusty, worn-out and derailed train a year ago, until he found a driving force strong enough to lift him back onto his track, grease his wheels and get him chugging again - this time, on the

  • Dover stands up new C-17 maintenance squadron

    The 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron stood up Monday in an assumption-of-command ceremony at the Air Mobility Command Museum here. The 736th AMXS will be responsible for maintaining the C-17 Globemaster IIIs, scheduled to start arriving this summer. "This is all very, very exciting, yet

  • April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

    Approximately, 3 million children are reported abused and neglected in this country every year. An average of 1,500 child-maltreatment cases are substantiated by the Air Force each year. Four forms of child maltreatment are defined by the Air Force: 1. Physical: non-accidental use of force that

  • Cultures converge: MSG, MXG commanders attend symposium at Dover AFB

    Mission support and maintenance group commanders from across Air Mobility Command visited Dover Air Force Base this week for the AMC Logistics Lean Symposium. Approximately 35 people including group commanders, industry leaders and AMC staff attended the three-day event, which included briefings,

  • “Fit to Fight,” HAWC to find Dover’s fittest squadron

    The 436th Aeromedical Dental Squadron Health and Wellness Center is sponsoring a Squadron Fitness Contest in May. This event puts emphasis on promoting May as fitness month, said John Walters, HAWC exercise physiologist. "I want this to be a highly competitive competition," he said. "I would like to

  • C-5M undergoes first ever ISO Inspection

    The first C-5M Super Galaxy is undergoing its first ever Isochronal (ISO) Inspection at the 436th Maintenance Squadron's Regional ISO dock here. The aircraft arrived at Dover Air Force Base April 16 to much fanfare. Lockheed Martin officials provided a tour of the aircraft and Col. Sam Cox, 436th