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Buggin' out

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- A C-5 Galaxy is treated for Japanese beetles June 30 here. All military and civilian aircraft leaving DAFB and traveling to one of nine quarantined states west of the rockies must be debugged by entemologists before it can fly. The measures, enforce by the U.S. Department of Argiculture, stop the artificial spread of the Japanese beetle which could devaste crops in California and other western states. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman James Bolinger)

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C-17 Quick Turn

Dover Air Force Base personnel and loacl community leaders board the base's newest C-17 Globemaster III during the arrival ceremony May 22 at 4 p.m. At 4 p.m. May 23, the base's newest C-17 carried a load of cargo on a channel mission to American forces deployed to Iraq. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Jason Minto)

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Santa's flight

A Dover Air Force Base Aero Club Cessna aircraft touches down at Dover AFB after returning from a Christmas Light Flight Dec. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace)

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Million sortie mark

Cargo is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base. In addition to more than 620,000 tons of cargo, Dover has moved nearly 300,000 passengers and flown more than 50,000 sorties since Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Minto)

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Million sortie mark

Cargo is loaded onto a C-5 Galaxy at Dover Air Force Base. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Dover has moved more than 620,000 tons of cargo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace)

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MXS Iso dock

Dover Air Force Base is home to the Air Force's only active-duty regionalized C-5 Isochronal Inspection dock.

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C-17 fly over

One of Dover Air Force Base’s new C-17 Globemaster III airlifters flies over the Deleware State University football stadium Saturday during military appreciation night. All servicemembers in uniform got to watch the game for free. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace.)

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Fourth C-17 here

A 436th Airlift Wing Airman ushers in Dover's newest C-17 Globemaster III Aug. 30 on the flightline here. The aircraft is the fourth of 13 C-17s Dover Air Force Base is scheduled to receive over the next year. (U.S. Air Force photo /Roland Balik)

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3. Recapitalizing and Modernizing Air; Space and; Cyberspace Systems

A Dover Air Force Base C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III are parked side by side here. Dover is recapitalizing and modernizing its fleet with 13 new C-17s and has fitted all assigned C-5 airframes with the avionics modernization program upgrades. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Steve Marciniak)

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C-17 Arrives!

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- The 436th Airlift Wing's first C-17 arrival ceremony took place in Building 706, June 4. The C-17 Globemaster III, tail number 6165, is the first of 13 C-17s assigned to Dover AFB. Officiating officer was Gen. Duncan McNabb, Air Mobility Command commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

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Dover C-5s revamp ‘tail flash’

Dover Air Force Base's aircraft inventory will be receiving a new tail flash, a design painted on the tails of aircraft to represents a plane's origin and the units that fly them. Dover AFB's tail flash design is based on wing and state logos and colors. The eagle's head represents the 436th Airlift Wing, also known as the "Eagle Wing;" the Liberty Bell represents the 512th AW, also known as the "Liberty Wing;" the colonial blue represents the background color of the Delaware state flag; and the diamond represents the first state. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Nicole Langley)

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