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  • Team Dover honorary commanders scope out base operations

    Airmen from the 436th and 512th Operations Groups hosted 28 honorary commanders Jan. 15, 2025, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The local community members’ tour included visits to the 9th and 3rd airlift squadrons, a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, the air traffic control tower, the aircrew flight

  • Essentials of flight: a look into AFE

    U.S. Airman Emma Sorrell, 436th Operation Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment technician, reaches for a box on a shelf at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 1, 2024. The AFE team provides inspections and maintenance for flight safety equipment such as parachutes, emergency escape slides and

  • Dover welcomes Air Force's newest landing tech

    Airmen from the 436th Operations Support Squadron Radar, Airfield and Weather Systems (RAWS) shop recently installed an upgraded Instrument Landing System (ILS), one of five of its kind in the Air Force.

  • Team Dover’s dual runway returns to operations

    Dover AFB’s Runway 14-32 reopened Aug. 16, 2017, after several months of closure necessary for construction. This marks the completion of the latest phase of the runway renovation intended to extend its lifespan an additional 50 to 75 years.