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  • Air Force Announces Air Force Week in Philadelphia Events

    The United States Air Force is proud to announce events planned for Air Force Week in Philadelphia, May 26-June 2. Activities in the Philadelphia metro region will begin on Memorial Day, May 26, and culminate with an Air Exposition--featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration

  • Dover Airman to receive CFC Hero Award

    A Dover Airman was recently awarded the 2007 National Combined Federal Campaign Military Hero Award for his efforts with the CFC and other volunteer activities in the community. Capt. Thomas Abell, 436th Mission Support Squadron Military Personnel Flight commander, will receive the annual CFC Hero

  • Balad servicemembers mark milestone in decreasing convoys, saving lives

    Deployed servicemembers here have prevented approximately 10,000 convoy vehicles and about 27,000 servicemembers from traveling along improvised explosive device laden Iraqi roads since the squadron stood up in January 2006. To get these people and vehicles moved quickly and safely throughout the

  • Aircrews stand by to continue Burma relief mission

    For Capt. Trevor Hall, flying a C-130 Hercules to deliver humanitarian relief is largely what his mission is all about. Captain Hall and his aircrew were one of a handful of C-130s allowed to deliver relief supplies to the people of Burma in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nagris that swept through the

  • Dover Air Force Base cited as premier installation

    The premier installations from each military service and the Defense Logistics Agency were recognized at a Pentagon award ceremony May 8. John J. Young Jr., undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, presented the Commander in Chief's Annual Awards for Installation

  • Rangers dish up feast at AirFest 2008

    Members of the Army Chairborne Rangers served up meals to Team MacDill and guests here at AirFest 2008. They fed hundreds at the commander's chalet where they volunteered Saturday and Sunday. The rangers began the morning with breakfast then pulled out their barbecue grills and refreshments to

  • AFWiP, 2008 McGuire Air Expo planning underway

    Team McGuire personnel are diligently working to prepare for Air Force Week in Philadelphia and 2008 McGuire Air Expo. AFWiP will consist of a variety of events throughout the city from May 26 to June 2. The 2008 McGuire Air Expo will be held here May 31 and June 1. "Efforts for AFWiP are in full

  • Deep Freeze Airmen warm New Zealand community's heart

    Five-year-old Benjamin Laury talked about elephants, storm troopers and how cool pilots are -- all in a single, convoluted sentence -- as he looked around a C-17 Globemaster III April 17 here. As part of a home-schooling group invited to check out the enormous airplane that just flew into their

  • World Class: Team Dover best in Air Force

    Dover Air Force Base is the Air Force winner of the 2008 Commander-in-Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence, the Department of Defense announced April 14. "This is the first time in the 23-year history of this prestigious award that an Air Mobility Command installation has been recognized