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  • Dover AFB breaks ground on $41.2M hangar

    Team Dover broke ground on a new $41.2 million state-of-the-art aircraft hangar on July 31, 2020. Among those in attendance were Col. Matthew Jones, the 436th Airlift Wing commander,Sens. Tom Carper and Chris Coons, Courtney McGregor, Delaware state director for Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, David

  • Team Dover opens one of first-of-its-kind tactics and leadership facility

    Team Dover held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Tactics and Leadership Nexus (TALN), a first-of-its-kind permanent integrated combat and leadership training facility on base, July 24, 2020. TALN hosts scenario-based training to enhance Airmen’s readiness and hone tactical and leadership skills in

  • Team Dover supports foreign military sales operation with Belgian air force

    Airmen from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron load cargo onto a Belgian air force C-130J Hercules at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 16, 2020, as part of a foreign military sales project. This operation strengthens the U.S. relationship with the Kingdom of Belgium, a key NATO ally, while similar

  • Dover AFB loads cargo during Tropical Storm Fay

    436th Aerial Port Squadron Airmen begin pushing cargo onto a U.S. Marine Corps C-130 aircraft July 10, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Dover AFB continues its rapid global airlift mission, even during the extreme conditions of Tropical Storm Fay. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class

  • Dover supports Operation Colony Glacier 2020

    On Nov. 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster II departed from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, headed for Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, carrying 52 service members. That flight would never reach its destination. The aircraft crashed on Colony Glacier, on the side of Mount Gannett, east of Anchorage.

  • AF Surgeon General talks about COVID, innovation, leadership

    Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, accompanied by Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, AF SG chief of medical operations, toured and learned about the Transport Isolation System aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, June 26, 2020.While inside the TIS, Maj. Mark Dellinger, 36th Aeromedical

  • SAPR program unaffected by COVID-19, social distancing

    The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program provided support for victims of sexual assault during the shelter-in-place and significantly reduced manning orders and continues to provide support throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.To abide by social distancing and sanitization guidelines, the SAPR

  • POL opens new fuels facility

    The 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron held a ribbon cutting ceremony for their brand-new hazardous cargo fuels facility on June 4, 2020.