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  • Fleet services provides comfort for aircrew, passengers

    Similar to a Special Weapons and Tactics unit, Airman Bullock signals his team to move out when a target's in sight. "Fleet control fleet four," said Senior Airman Ted Bullock, 436th Aerial Port Squadron fleet services, with a call-radio in hand. "Arrive at Sierra row, ready to go." The team rushes

  • Reservists train, prepare for ORI

    Bandaging and splinting injuries, donning chemical warfare gear, securing building perimeters, and clearing weapons was how more than 100 Airmen from the 512th Airlift Wing spent their July Unit Training Assembly. The training served as final preparation for Airmen participating in this month's

  • 436th AMXS launches and recovers aircraft for ORI

    It takes a lot of maintenance to keep a C-5 Galaxy in the air, supporting warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan. The job of providing safe, reliable C-5s for Dover's pilots to fly is left up to the 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. AMXS generates every jet on base, processes its own cargo and

  • Porters comb through Airman’s Manual in preparation for ORI

    Preparing for an operational readiness inspection is time consuming for any Air Force installation. Throughout the months of spin-up training and base-wide exercises, people who at one time were on ORI teams may change station or be tagged for a short-notice deployment. According to Capt. Mark Heil,

  • Loggies prepare DAFB for exercise

    There's one squadron who may be speaking the truth when they boldly say, "Without us, it does not happen.' The 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron provides fuel, transportation, weapons, mobility gear and government vehicles for the base, as well as handling supplies and equipment for the C-5 and

  • 436th OG prepares to transport Airmen, fly missions during ORI

    Every Airman works toward one mission during an operational readiness inspection, the safe launching of aircraft supporting operations at a forward deployed location. Security Forces provide security, maintainers keep aircraft operational, loggies provide equipment and vehicles to move

  • Ready for war? XP Airmen keep Team Dover prepared for any contingency

    Preparing to deploy is tough. It's stressful on Airmen and their families, as well as their units who are now operating with one less person. Imagine deploying more than 700 people in a single day. The task of getting a wing ready to forward deploy, or in the case of Team Dover ready for an

  • Ready sert ORI! 436th MSS gives 411 on their ORI prep

    Team Dover has participated in deployment exercises for several months now, practicing and testing units and individual Airmen to prepare and deploy for combat. As for the 436th Mission Support Squadron, they've practiced and prepared for the inspection they say they're more than ready for. "We've

  • Two Dover Airmen strive to keep deployed fire teams on ‘go’

    BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - Fire, Fire, Fire! Sirens blare and smoke pours out of a hanger. Bagram-based firefighters quickly don their fire-retardant suits and scurry toward their engines. They jump aboard the engine, ready to go and the driver turns the ignition ... nothing more than an eerie

  • 'Special' APS Airmen safely handle hazardous, classified cargo

    When one hears of the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, the first word that comes to mind is "cargo."There are a handful of Porters who can say the cargo they handle is special. The Airmen of the 436th Aerial Port Squadron special handling section have a career that is definitely unique for a