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  • A Division I athlete’s path to the Air Force

    For many athletes, the end of a college career can feel uncertain. Years of structure, competition and identity tied to the game suddenly come to a halt. For Airman 1st Class Chavis Marshall, 9th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, that moment became the start of something new — a transition from Division

  • The last coat before flight

    A misty cloud of neon yellow primer settles across a rectangular aircraft panel as U.S. Air Force Airman Nicolas Casillas, 436th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance apprentice, steadily moves a paint-splattered spray gun from one corner to the other.

  • Team Dover supports AFCDA in developing CBT Micro-Lessons

    Collaboration between Air Education and Training Command’s Air Force Career Development Academy, C-5M hydraulic Subject Matter Experts from the 436th Maintenance Group and the 373rd Training Squadron, Detachment 3, prompted the first step in the development of a computer-based training

  • 46th Test and Evaluation Squadron evaluates C-5 vapor purge test

    U.S. Airman 1st Class Brandon Rabago, 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-5M Super Galaxy apprentice, sets up a liquid oxygen connection to a C-5 at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 13, 2025. The C-5 was set for a vapor purge test conducted by the 46th Test and Evaluation Squadron. (U.S. Air

  • HURREVAC: Team Dover exercises for hurricane season

    Team Dover prepared for hurricane season by generating seven C-5M Super Galaxy and six C-17 Globemaster III hurricane evacuation missions during an exercise at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 5-6, 2023.The Atlantic hurricane season typically runs from June 1 to November 30, with storms possibly

  • Service on the Super Galaxy

    Team Dover members walk up a C-5M Super Galaxy ramp for a religious service at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 9, 2023. For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the 436th Airlift Wing Chapel team hosted 130 Team Dover members aboard a C-5 for a religious service. (U.S. Air Force photo