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  • APEX program produces results

    Dover Air Force Base has been saving man hours and improving loadmasters' crew rest with an Air Force Smart Operation for the 21st Centurys program. The Aerial Port Expediters program began at Dover February 2007 for the C-5 Galaxy and February 2008 for the C-17 Globemaster III, to accomplish the

  • Bone Marrow registry exceeds goal

    The fifth annual C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program registration drive took place at the base theater Aug 28th. The purpose of the drive is to increase the number of people in the National Bone Marrow Registry, and increasing the chances of those needing a transplant to find

  • Camp Bucca MCT receives, inspects, moves bar higher

    When the Airmen of the 732nd Movement Control Team arrived at Camp Bucca, they didn't just want to do their job. They wanted to do it better. The 732nd MCT controls the ground movement of cargo to and from Camp Bucca -- supplying the fuel, food, medicine and mail necessary to sustain the roughly

  • 436th MXS receive motorcycle safety training

    Following a motorcycle safety briefing in the base theater Aug. 21, participants of the 436th Maintenance Squadron motorcycle safety course relocated to the new Eagle's Nest training course for a demonstration from a member of the Dover Police motorcycle division. This event was put together by

  • Flight safety number one at Dover

    The Aero Club at Dover Air Force Base was honored with an Air Force-level safety award for 2008 for 1,000 hours of mishap-free flying. The Aero Club is hosted by the 436th Force Support Squadron and offers flight training and testing to Department of Defense ID card holders, their dependants and

  • Building bare bases one pallet at a time

    There are servicemembers whose jobs seem to catch all the glory and there are those who work behind the scenes to make sure those glorious jobs are able to be performed. For the servicemembers assigned to the 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group, here, this adage holds true. Their ability to create a

  • Team Dover’s first MatchUp grand prize winner

    A military retiree received a $7,000 grand prize from Air Mobility Command MatchUp Sept. 3. "It was a shock when I got the call telling me I had won," said Sam Marinucci, a retired technical sergeant. "I've been playing for three years and I usually only won the gift certificates and a $25 prize, so

  • C-5M sets 41 world records

    A Dover aircrew flying a C-5M Super Galaxy, named The Spirit of Normandy, unofficially set 41 world records in a single flight, taking off from the base before dawn today. The results are pending certification by the National Aeronautic Association and should be finalized in about a month, said

  • Downrange: Our Airman's perspective

    Rank/Name: Airman 1st Class James Burns Unit: 436th Force Support Squadron Deployed Unit/Location: Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Hometown: Cedar Park, Texas Describe your job at your deployed location? I was a Third Country National escort. I provided security for TCN's and other escorts I worked