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  • Military members make their mark on the Monster Mile

    It was a long and dreary weekend brightened by the stars of NASCAR. Cold rain pelted tents outside while Team Dover members were inside The Landings Club getting various items signed by famous drivers. The weekend, known as NASCAR weekend to the local community, was three days of action-packed

  • A day of remembrance

    The detail was called to attention and began marching. As they approached the silent guard, the Airmen dispersed and replaced each member of the vigil. The dismissed guards departed as their relief began their watch. The American and Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flags, carried by two running

  • Optometry Clinic at the top of the chart

    They are the top eye-care team in Air Mobility Command and number two in the Air Force. There are only three members of this team caring for more than 7,000 active-duty members, retirees and their families. They out-perform other offices similar to theirs by more than 70 percent, and they even help

  • Testing Team Dover's readiness

    Hot and humid air swirls around the Airmen as they bunker down, fully cloaked in their Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear. Gas masks on, they duck below cover and wait as the giant voice from the command post warns them of an incoming attack. Enemy missiles impact several base structures. One

  • Air Force innovator leaves legacy

    In 10 years as an Air Force Security Forces member, Staff Sgt. Brandon Chapelo has served on such assignments as; a base closure team in Saudi Arabia, a tactical security element mine resistance ambush protection vehicle driver for the AF Office of Special Investigations and the NCO in charge of

  • More in a day than most in a month

    Seventy percent of all normal cargo headed for contingency operations overseas originates from Dover Air Force Base, Del. When met by disaster, such as Hurricane Irene, Dover AFB can load and unload 1.2 million pounds of cargo in three days; more cargo than most bases process in a month. This cargo

  • Putting miles behind the memories

    Everyone has a story. Some are tales of heroism, some of ordinary daily events. However, each one of these stories has special meaning to those who lived through it. On Sept. 11, 2001, Jerry Murphy, a freshman in a Philadelphia high school, learned of the events at the World Trade Center like many

  • Weathering the storm together

    As the rain fell, some took shelter in their dorm rooms, with duffel bags full of water bottles and Meals Ready to Eat. Others comforted their spouses and children as they anxiously awaited the storm in their homes or shelters; many drove away from threatened areas on the Delaware highways. A few

  • New kid on the block

    The Dover Air Force Base, Del., Air Mobility Command Museum has long been home to many landmarks of American avionic innovation. The retired military and civilian airframes are restored to historically accurate quality by museum volunteers and displayed for the enjoyment of several generations of

  • To the best, the rest are just pests

    They fight the battles history books will not show. They've battled Japanese and Germans, but not on the hills of Iwo Jima or the beaches of Normandy; they fight on the flightline, picnic areas and offices of Dover Air Force Base, Del. They are the scourge of Japanese Beetles, German Cockroaches and