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  • Dover AFB aircrew makes monumental California trip

    With much anticipation, a combined flight crew from the 436th and 512th Airlift Wings departed Dover Air Force Base Tuesday for Long Beach, Calif., where they will assume ownership of the base' s first C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Boeing Thursday. After years of planning and preparation, the

  • Iraqi air force capabilities continue to increase

    The capabilities of the Iraqi air force continue to grow as they performed their first double patient transfer May 8 here. Two months the Iraqi air force conducted its first aeromedical transfer, a policeman transported from the American 28th Combat Support Hospital to an Iraqi treatment facility,

  • Dover stands up new C-17 maintenance squadron

    The 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron stood up Monday in an assumption-of-command ceremony at the Air Mobility Command Museum here. The 736th AMXS will be responsible for maintaining the C-17 Globemaster IIIs, scheduled to start arriving this summer. "This is all very, very exciting, yet

  • Air Force hero remembered April 11

    April 11 was an important anniversary for all Airmen, as it marked 41 years since Airman 1st Class William Pitsenbarger, pararescue crewmember, distinguished himself by extreme valor near Cam My, Republic of Vietnam. The slogan 'that others may live' is the foundation of everything Air Force

  • 'That others may live' Air Force hero remembered Wednesday

    Wednesday was an important anniversary for all Airmen as it marked 41 years since Airman 1st Class William Pitsenbarger, pararescue crewmember, distinguished himself by extreme valor near Cam My, Republic of Vietnam. The slogan 'that others may live' is the foundation of everything Air Force

  • Air mobility keeps fast pace with war ops surges

    Squadrons across the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing have increased operations to enhance theater-wide support for the current surge of troops throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. One such example is the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, a 379th AEW tenant unit that links air mobility operations

  • End of an era: 3rd AS flies final C-5 flight

    The 3rd Airlift Squadron flew its final C-5 Galaxy flight March 14. In recognition of this historic flight, two 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department fire trucks provided an arch of water for the massive airlifter to taxi through. The 3rd is not standing down; it is transitioning into a new

  • Delaware hero remembered on St. Patrick's Day

    The thundering booms of cannons roared over the echoes of stomping feet; charging ahead into a ferocious battle. They pressed forward, forcing their way through the dismal fog that camouflaged the tattered country side. The sounds of bagpipes wailed over the raging battle and faintly, through the

  • 3rd AS flies last C-5 mission

    More than three decades of airlift history and tradition will come to a conclusion this week when members from the 3rd Airlift Squadron return from the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility upon completion the squadron's final C-5 mission. The unusually large crew of 20 departed Dover Air

  • Emergency airdrop sustains combat ops in Afghanistan

    When coalition ground forces fighting Taliban extremists in southern Afghanistan needed fuel in a hurry March 12, coalition air power answered the call, filling the 9,000-pound full airdrop order in less than eight hours. The 1st Battalion of the 508th Parachute Infantry Division was engaged in