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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.
  • Airman 1st Class Dayton Holtkamp, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, inspects a fire hydrant at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, March 30, 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and signifcantly reduced manning, Dover AFB fire remains ready for emergencies and to support response efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Quail)

    Dover Airmen maintain operations despite COVID-19 pandemic

  • James White, a Health System Specialist with Regional Health Command Europe, uses video conferencing to discuss periodic health assessments with Sgt. 1st Class Todd Hall, the noncomssioned officer in charge of Virtual Health Europe. (Courtesy photo)

    VIPRR clinic now available to Dover AFB Airmen

    Dover AFB Airmen welcomed a quicker and more flexible process to complete their health assessments, Nov. 21, 2019.
  • Lt. Col. Gordon Robertson, Delaware Civil Air Patrol director of operations for unmanned aircraft, prepares a commercial unmanned aerial system for flight during the Dover Operational Readiness for a Multi-domain Agile Response Exercise Nov. 13, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The Delaware CAP provided pilots and commercial UASs to test the base’s counter UAS capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino)

    Dover AFB partners with Delaware CAP for counter UAS testing

    This training exercise marked the first time an Air Force installation has partnered with the local Civil Air Patrol to test counter UAS capabilities: a culmination of almost two years of preparation and coordination among several different agencies, including the FAA, Dover AFB and the Delaware Civil Air Patrol. Such partnerships ensured training was conducted lawfully and safely, while minimizing its impact on real-world flight operations.

  • 2019 third quarter Justice Files

    During the third quarter of 2019, one Airman received a court-martial, four Airmen received nonjudicial punishments under Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice, and nine Airmen were involuntarily separated. Commanders use courts-martial, Article 15s and administrative separation actions to maintain good order and discipline.
  • Staff Sgt. Andrew Vitale, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal craftsman, responds to simulated explosive devices during exercise Dover Operational Readiness for a Multi-domain Agile Response at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Nov. 13, 2019. DORMAR was a four-day exercise testing the installation’s ability to react to various scenarios, including emergency response and rapid deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eric M. Fisher)

    DORMAR tests base readiness, builds partnerships

    Team Dover held exercise Dover Operational Readiness for a Multi-domain Agile Response, Nov. 12-15, 2019.The exercise tested the base’s readiness across a large spectrum, with scenarios including power outages, multiple active shooter incidents, increased force protection measures, large-scale deployment of both Air Force and Army assets and

  • ADVISORY: Dover AFB to conduct base-wide exercise

    Dover Air Force Base will conduct a base-wide exercise Nov. 12-15, 2019.The exercise will entail 24-hour operations and consist of an array of scenarios testing the base’s ability to respond and mobilize, satisfying multiple annual Inspector General requirements.As part of the exercise, gate closures and delays can be expected as force protection
  • Tech. Sgt. Damien Seelbach, cybersecurity noncommissioned officer in charge, hands 1st Lt. Rachael Burks, cyber operations flight commander, a 9mm bullet from the chamber of a Beretta M9 during the disarming process conducted in the 436th Communications Squadron’s arming area, Oct. 24, 2019, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Both Seelbach and Burks are squadron Unit Marshals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

    436th CS unit marshals protect personnel, assets

    The 436th Communications Squadron held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at their in-house Unit Marshal Program’s armory Oct. 24, 2019.The 436th CS is the first squadron in the Air Force to create its own arming area in support of the UMP.The UMP is designed as an active shooter deterrent program, since 436th CS UMs do not respond to threats outside of the

  • MEDIA ADVISORY- Dover AFB to conduct active shooter exercise

    Dover Air Force Base will conduct an active shooter exercise Oct. 11, 2019 on the base housing side of the installation.

  • Changes expected to Parole in Place program

    In January 2017, President Trump issued Executive Order 13767 that announced the administration’s intent to enact changes regarding immigration policy in the United States. Among the proposed changes is the termination of the Parole in Place (PIP) program.
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