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  • Behind the Sparks: 436th MXS keeps the mission moving

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Matthew Trees, 436th Maintenance Squadron metals technology apprentice, uses an angle grinder to smooth out the edges of a cart on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 4, 2026. Metals technicians use welding, machining, heat treating and fabrication techniques to

  • Air Force Repair Enhancement Program pieces it together

    One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, especially when it comes to the Air Force Repair Enhancement Program. When the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron identifies a broken stock item, it’s sent to a designated team within the 436th Maintenance Squadron, who have a plethora of repair

  • Brig. Gen. Babcock visits Team Dover

    U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Anthony Babcock, Air Mobility Command director of logistics, engineering and force protection, tours the 436th Maintenance Squadron C-5M isochronal inspection dock at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 18, 2025. Babcock's visit to the 436th Airlift Wing included the 436th

  • Respectfully rocking it out

    Tech. Sgt. Ryan Peterson, 436th Maintenance Squadron Isochronal aircraft structural maintenance noncommissioned officer in charge, had only performed playing his guitar in a public setting twice during his high school junior and senior year talent show with his band.The Kenosha, Wisconsin native has

  • AFCEC, regional solid waste and recycling managers visit Dover AFB

    The 436th Civil Engineer Squadron hosted the first Integrated Solid Waste Program Management Review at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 8-9, 2024.Qualified Recycling Program managers from the East Region came to Dover AFB to hear what other regional bases are doing regarding recycling and solid

  • Innovation takes off at Dover AFB

    Airmen from the 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 436th Maintenance Squadron and Boeing representatives collaborated to discuss new ideas and methods to improve home station checks on C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 7, 2023.

  • 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,