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NEWS

  • Dover AFB supports Turkiye earthquake relief effort

    Airmen from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron processed U.S. humanitarian assistance Feb. 7, 2023, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, in support of search and rescue efforts in Türkiye following two devastating earthquakes Feb. 5.

  • Eye in the sky: SUAS program takes flight at Dover AFB

    A Skydio X2D Small Unmanned Aerial System drone was tested during its first operational flight around a static aircraft at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Nov. 4, 2022.The 436th Airlift Wing Plans and Programs office and the Bedrock Innovation Lab jointly run the wing’s SUAS program. The program

  • Dover AFB lends a hand in Operation Viking

    Dover Air Force Base participated in Operation Viking, the largest Army Reserve Brigade deployment exercise to date, at Joint Base Cape Cod, Mass., July 18-20, 2022.

  • LERE 2022: Team Dover demonstrates deployment readiness

    The 436th and 512th Airlift Wings tested their ability to generate, employ and sustain airpower across the world in a contested and degraded operational environment during Liberty Eagle Readiness Exercise 2022 at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 11-15, 2022.LERE is Dover's way of preparing and

  • Dover AFB’s Manpower Flight named best in Air Force

    The 436th Force Support Squadron Manpower and Organization Flight won the Force Support Capabilities Award for 2021, recognizing them as the U.S. Air Force’s best among 88 other installations.The flight was recognized at the highest level for their innovative approach to manpower resource management

  • Thunder Over Dover 2022 Reunites community

    Dover Air Force Base held the 2022 Thunder Over Dover Airshow and Open House, opening the base to host more than 75,000 members of the community May 21-22, 2022.The theme of this year’s event was “Reunite” and coincided with Armed Forces Day, the Air Force’s 75th Anniversary and featured

  • AMC Museum receives USAF’s first KC-10A Extender

    The very first KC-10A Extender ever produced for the U.S. Air Force was retired from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to its new home at the Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover AFB, Delaware, April 26, 2022.Tail number 79-0433 was the first of 60 KC-10A aircraft produced for the Air

  • Building the ‘Aerial port of the future’

    The Configured Air Load Building Tool, a system being developed as part of the “Aerial Port of the Future” initiative, was recently tested in the 436th Aerial Port Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.The CALBT system consists of Light Detection and Ranging cameras to create 3D images of cargo