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NEWS

  • Getting "Back to Basics" with safety

    Team McChord members gathered together during a Safety Down Day Jan. 8 to re-evaluate how they safely accomplish their mission here at McChord Field. Lt. Gen. Carlton Everhart, 18th Air Force commander, directed each wing under his command to take a collective pause in order to refocus and

  • MacDill Airman renders first-aid, saves Canadian father of four

    During a night drive with his family, Master Sgt. Terry Willis witnessed a truck run over a man crossing the street with his family at an intersection in Cape Canaveral, Florida, January 2, 2015.What turned from a night of holiday fun with his family, quickly turned into a split-second decision for

  • Saying thank you by feeding the troops

    Years ago, what started out as one family putting out a couple of extra dinner plates for a few friends during the holidays has turned into something bigger and rewarding for one individual with ties to the military and Dover Air Force Base.The 10th annual Feed the Troops, held Dec. 23, 2014, here,

  • New deicing simulator saves money, manpower, increases training

    With the winter months comes freezing temperatures, snow, frost and ice, but despite the inclement weather changes the mission continues making deicing aircraft and main priority for maintainers.This year to increase training capabilities and save money and manpower, the 92nd Maintenance Group

  • 436th MXS sergeant STEPS it up a stripe

    Each year the Air Force provides a limited number of slots, usually less than 200, for Stripes for Exceptional Performer promotions. This year, one of Team Dover's very own claimed one of those sought after slots."When I was an Airman at my first base I saw a STEP promotion for a Staff Sgt. to Tech.

  • R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to the Warriors of the North

    The song "Respect," became a hit for rhythm & blues singer Aretha Franklin in 1967, and just as the song became a landmark for the feminist movement in 1960's, it might as well become the theme song for a another movement taking shape here thanks to the efforts of the Sexual Assault Prevention and

  • AMC inactivates two C-17 squadrons over next two years

    Air Mobility Command will inactivate two  C-17 squadrons over the next two years - one at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and one at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. - based on the President's Defense Budget for FY15."In this fiscally constrained environment, we have to balance readiness, capability and

  • Airmen busy building gazebos

    For 21 days 15 service members and one civilian have been under controlled monitoring at Joint Base Lewis-McChord for the Ebola virus.They've all returned from missions that took them to West Africa. While under supervision at the old World War II barracks on Lewis North, they have passed the time