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  • Five 436th Maintenance Squadron aircraft maintenance personnel pose for a group photo in the Isochronal Inspection Dock on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 10, 2020. Dover AFB maintenance personnel continue to support operations despite significantly reduced manning and increased health protection measures such as wearing cloth masks, social distancing, and wash or sanitizing hands frequently to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail)

    436th Maintenance Squadron mission continues despite COVID-19

    The 436th Maintenance Squadron technicians still keep the mission going despite COVID-19, ensuring the C-5s of the world’s greatest Air Force are up and running.
  • Col. Christopher May, 436th Maintenance Squadron commander, speaks to Airmen assigned to the 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron during a dedicated crew chief unveiling ceremony Oct. 4, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Prior to this event, May recommended that Major Scholz, 736th Aircraft Maintenace Squadron commander, work with his C-5 sister squadron to submit a combined request to AMC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail)

    Names unveiled on AMC aircraft, first time in 20 years

    A change in policy marked the first time in approximately 20 years that the names of dedicated crew chiefs were unveiled on an Air Mobility Command C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III.
  • A C-5M Super Galaxy sits on the flight line during the 2019 Thunder Over Dover Air Show, Sept. 14, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The event featured over 20 aircraft static displays, as well as numerous aerial demonstrations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

    Thunder Over Dover 2019 celebrates Air Force heritage, future

    Approximately 40,000 people visited Dover AFB for the 2019 Thunder Over Dover Air Show and Open House Sept. 14-15, 2019.
  • Airmen from the 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 725th Air Mobility Squadron work together to lower a C-5M Super Galaxy engine during an engine-changing course June 6, 2019, Dover Air Force Base, Del. Airmen attending the course took turns supervising, raising and lowering the engine so that each one got a chance to get experience the different positions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail)

    Dover: A hub for C-5 engine training

    The sounds of cranking bolts and clanking ratchets filled the air at Detachment 3 during a C-5M Super Galaxy engine-changing course, here. Airmen from the 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 725th Air Mobility Squadron attended the class, which was hosted by the 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 3 – the hub for where Airmen come to train on its engine.
  • Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Fusion car, flies in a C-5M simulator May 3, 2018, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Along with the C-5, Busch also flew a C-17 Globemaster III simulator later that day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zoe M. Wockenfuss)

    Snapshot: NASCAR driver takes on C-5M, C-17

    Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Fusion car, flies in a C-5M simulator May 3, 2018, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Along with the C-5, Busch also flew a C-17 Globemaster III simulator later that day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zoe M. Wockenfuss)
  • A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy from the 436th Airlift Wing flies over New Jersey while lit by the setting sun. The C-5, one of the largest military aircraft, provides the Air Force with heavy intercontinental strategic airlift capability. The 436th Airlift Wing is located at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

    AMC commander directs Dover C-5 stand-down

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- The Air Mobility Command commander has directed a stand-down of C-5 flying operations at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, following a second malfunction of C-5 nose landing gear within the last 60 days. The stand-down was directed July 17.
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