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  • Cooking for life, an Airman’s dream of becoming a chef

    Most kindergarteners spend their time playing with Barbie dolls and running around the playground during recess.For Senior Airman Timothy Dance, 436th Force Support Squadron, he traded in his toys for a set of kitchen utensils and stove cookware.Cooking has always been a part of Airman Dance's life

  • Air Force senior leaders break ground for special Fisher House at Dover

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff, and Ken Fisher, Fisher House Foundation chairman, participated in a special groundbreaking ceremony May 1 for a Fisher House on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Although this is the 53rd Fisher House to be built,

  • Lodging to get a new look

    The first floor of Eagle's Rest Inn is getting remodeled as the first phase of a three part plan to renovate the facility.There are two types of remodels that Lodging can undertake. The first is a decor remodel, which can occur once every seven years. A decor remodel changes the upholstered

  • Flight of the ‘Question Mark’

    On Jan. 1, 1929, a tri-engined Fokker C-2 aircraft with a crew of five climbed into the southern California sky. This aircraft, dubbed the "Question Mark," was not history's first air refueling mission, but it played a crucial role in the beginning of air refueling efforts and the development of the

  • Temporary homes available to families

    The ribbon had barely touched the ground when the first family was ready to move into Dover Air Force Base's brand-new temporary lodging facility. One day after the announcement of Eagles Rest Inn as the recipient of the 2008 Air Mobility Command Innkeeper's Award, officials were ready to open the

  • Striving to Make a Difference: JPPSO "stepping up" to ease moving stressors

    "Some say relocating is one of the most stressful events a person can go through," said Russell DePietro, deputy director of the Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. Joint Personal Property Shipping Office. "If you were to make a checklist of things to do prior to departing, it might sound like this - get

  • RAF, USAF team up to fortify Royal Air Fleet

    The 436th Aerial Port Squadron and Air Mobility Command Museum teamed up with Royal Air Force St. Athan's Aircraft Recovery Transportation Flight to prepare, load and airlift a set of RAF C-130 wings here Feb. 23. The wings were transported aboard an Air Force C-5 to the United Kingdom and will be

  • Dover Airmen stabilize C-5 crash site for Safety Investigation Board

    When Senior Master Sgt. Drwight Davis, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron fire chief on duty, responded to an emergency notification April 3, he wasn't sure what to expect. "Anytime you see an aircraft not sitting on its wheels, it is worse than you expected," said Sergeant Davis. More than twenty