The versatility of the 9th AS

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

Summers leads 9th AS Pelicans as new commander

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

Just a trace: Dover AFB receives first snowfall of the season

436th AMXS maintainers strut their stuff

Dover AFB generates multi-capable Airmen for the fight

Airmen from different Air Force Specialty Codes within the 436th Mission Generation Group, attended classes designed to produce multi-capable Airmen by familiarizing them with mission essential tasks.The five-day course, MCA Familiarization Training, is divided into two main groups or “buckets.”

Dover AFB tower supervisor presented AFFSA Aircraft Assist Award

On April 13, 2021, the quick actions by a Team Dover air traffic control tower watch supervisor prevented an aircraft mishap as a forklift operator started to cross an active runway just as a C-5M Super Galaxy, with 12 aircrew aboard, touched down on the same runway.At the time of the incident, Paul

9th AS, 436th APS support US Navy salvage and diving efforts

Riveting success: 436th MXS saves time, money

Since mid-September 2021, the 436th Maintenance Squadron hydraulic shop has been saving the Air Force more than $1 million.The 436 MXS employs an in-shop orbital riveter to locally repair loose caps on C-5M Super Galaxy brake torque tube assemblies and return brake assemblies to serviceability,