Dover youth earns high marks

When the news came, Craig Satchell Jr., a senior at Polytech High School in Woodside, Del., put on his best poker face, despite the commotion around him. All eyes were on him, studying his reaction, yet his humble, composed demeanor did not waver. His parents were with him, offering a comforting hug

Community garden sprouts at Dover AFB

Children from Dover Air Force Base, Del., planted a community garden June 1 as part of a program to help families experience the responsibility of sustaining vegetables.The program, "Kids Blossom Through Gardening," is run by the Health and Wellness Center and the Dover AFB Booster Club. The HAWC

Photos: Little Rock welcomes home warriors, veterans

Students make quilts for Japan at Travis AFB

Emotions were high as people across the world tuned in to their televisions March 11 to see images of a devastating tsunami sweeping over the landscape of Japan's coast. The tsunami, a result of a massive earthquake, caused lost lives and displaced families. Travis became the entry point for more

Deployed maintenance recovery Airmen critical to flying operations in Afghanistan

When the pilots of a C-130 Hercules from the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here found themselves grounded outside the gates of a forward operating base due to a malfunction on a recent April day, the need quickly arose to get the plane out of there in a hurry.Within one hour, a maintenance

Photos: Engine doctors at Little Rock AFB

Fallen tanker pilot to be honored in building dedication

Airmen from the 911th Air Refueling Squadron will honor a fallen tanker pilot June 26 here by dedicating a new auditorium in his name. The event comes exactly 43 years to the day that the late Maj. Robert Francis Woods was declared missing in action after his plane crashed over Vietnam, and four

Air Force cops maintaining law and order in Kabul, Afghanistan

Since arriving in Afghanistan in March 2011, the 20 members of the Air Force's security forces have remained quite busy here. They are a part of the joint expeditionary tasking of maintaining law and order for all four U.S. military services and more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Photo: Team Dover honors fallen veterans

Airmen wrap up 'proof of principle' operations in Romania, Bulgaria

Members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., wrapped up operations here and at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria on May 31 after a more than three-week deployment. An important part of the mission was to demonstrate the capability of the airport at MK to support