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  • Engineers improvise, build new hanger ventilation structure

    Anyone who has ever worked inside an Air Force aircraft maintenance hangar knows the hard truth that they are not the greatest at staying warm inside. This is especially true when the hangar's massive doors are opened to allow aircraft to move in or out. During the right conditions, temperatures

  • Team Dover rolls out Unit Marshal Program

    As Team Dover continues to deliver airlift cargo to warfighters downrange and humanitarian relief supplies across the world, it has taken additional security measures to ensure the safety of its own Airmen and their families here at home.With the recent implementation of Eagle Shield, a combined

  • Non-lethal weapons technology demonstrated on MacDill

    The Department of Defense (DoD) Non-Lethal Weapons Program has developed technology capable of supporting the operational needs of the U.S. Armed Forces without harming non-combatants and limiting collateral damage.A two-day demonstration of the Active Denial System (ADS) was held on Jan. 27 - 28 at

  • Water babies class helps develop infant's brain

    Where can parents and babies go to meet other parents and develop their children? The Family Advocacy Water Babies class at the Fitness Center works to build Fairchild's youngest brains.The class teaches parents to bond with their kids and how to help develop the gross and fine motor skills. The

  • McConnell patrolman wins AF Civilian of the Year award

    A member of the 22nd Security Forces Squadron earned the Air Force Security Forces Civilian of the Year.Shawn Kennedy, supervisory police officer, received the AMC Outstanding Security Forces Flight-Level Civilian Supervisory Level Award and went on to win Air Force award level recognition as

  • Dover Security Forces Squadron implements Staff Arming Program

    The threat to global security is ever present and with the rise of homegrown violent extremism and lone wolf attacks, the Air Force has reviewed its force protection and security policies, programs and procedures to better protect its Airmen and their families.Since the fall of 2015, security

  • C-130 Reservists train Afghans for the first time

    Approximately three dozen Reservists from several different C-130 airlift wings deployed to Afghanistan where they became the first members of Air Force Reserve Command to perform the mission as air advisors to their Afghan counterparts on C-130 Hercules maintenance, flight and operations

  • 442d prepares for CSAR exercise

    A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina and a C-5 from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware transported more than 80 personnel and seven tons of cargo from Whiteman AFB, Missouri to Patrick AFB, Florida, Jan. 24, in support of a

  • Scott Airmen participate in initial Green Dot training

    To combat negative behaviors and create an environment that prevents violent acts from occurring, several personnel at Scott AFB received Green Dot violence training in January, which will continue throughout the year.Green Dot is a new program aimed at preventing power-based violence among Air

  • Aeromedical nurse saves a life

    Maj. Fred Pounds, flight commander of clinical management with the 911th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here, went to Orlando to attend a Yellow Ribbon Reintegration seminar, expecting to unwind and adjust to life back home. Instead, he ended up averting a crisis and subsequently saving a