AFSO 21 team uses 'Lean' lessons learned at Dover AFB to energize Airmen throughout AF

An Air Force Smart Operations 21 team from the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., visited Dover recently to gain valuable insight into how to "Lean" a work process. The Air Force is training 72 AFSO 21 Master Process Officers through a six-month certification

HAWC picks up pace with new running clinic

The Health and Wellness Center sponsored Dover Air Force Base's first Running Clinic at the track here Tuesday. The clinic is offered to the base community and designed to help participants understand running fundamentals and improve their run times, regardless of their running experience or level

Purple Heart recipient sets sights on recovery, eventually serving his country back in Iraq

When Cheryl Henner was awoken at 3 a.m. June 24 by a telephone call, she let it ring assuming it was a wrong number. When it rang for a second time minutes later, she knew it was about her husband deployed to Iraq. Master Sgt. Jeremy Henner, a 17-year explosives ordnance disposal technician, called

Teen wins DAFB Youth of the Year award

A high school student sits alone before eight judges. "What are your plans for a post-secondary education?" the judges ask him, trying to determine the character of the candidate who sits before them. "What is the hardest thing you have dealt with in your life?" "The death of my grandfather,"

Dover Intramural softball championship

Game one The 436th Medical Group remained scoreless through five innings of play in game one of Dover's intramural softball championship series against the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron. The Medics had managed to get six batters on base but only one of their runners reached second. The Loggies

Salvaged flight deck from C-5 mishap becomes tool to prevent future accidents

The crew compartment belonging to the C-5 Galaxy aircraft that fell less than a mile short of Dover Air Force Base's runway April 3 was recently salvaged and transported to be reused to benefit future C-5 aircraft crew training. The compartment, commonly referred to as the aircraft's "flight deck,"

Environmental cleanup; AF joins forces with fed and state agencies to clean groundwater around Dover AFB

Exercise prepares Dover AFB, community for potential weaponized biological attack

More than 100 Delaware and Dover Air Force Base leaders and emergency personnel were tested with a large-scale weaponized biological scenario Aug. 8 - 10. The tabletop exercise, held at The Landings Club, was designed to increase the planning abilities of emergency personnel to respond to potential

Base prepares for ECAMP

The 10-day internal Environmental Compliance Assessment and Management Program review, which evaluates work areas for state and federal environmental law compliance, will start here Monday. "This is our second of two internal assessments," said Ray Hubbard, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron

MDG in good spirits after inspections

The 436th Medical Group's hard work preparing for two major inspections Aug. 2 - 4 has finally paid off. The group officially received an "excellent" rating Aug. 4 for the Health Service Inspection and anticipates receiving a full accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory