Navy Junior ROTC cadets (left to right) Jesse Mulligan, Shannon McNames, Ellen Dudzinski, Meaghan Hurr and Catherine Iocco pose for a photo June 9, 2012, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III from Dover Air Force Base, Del. The cadets visited the base to learn about its missions after finishing their school year at the Delaware Military Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joe Yanik)
Junior ROTC cadet Megan Glanz slides her belongings through a metal detector June 9, 2012, at the passenger terminal at Dover Air Force Base, Del. She and her fellow classmates from Delaware Military Academy flew on a C-17 Globemaster III for approximately an hour while learning about the mission of the Air Force Reserve Command's 512th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joe Yanik)
Junior ROTC cadet Joseph Czajkowski of the Delaware Military Academy peers out a flight deck window of a C-17 Globemaster III June 9, 2012. For approximately an hour, the aircraft traveled to the airspace above Ocean City, Md., before returning to Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joe Yanik)
6/11/2012 - DOVER AIR FORCE BASE -- More than 20 cadets from Delaware Military Academy in Wilmington visited here Saturday to learn about the base's missions.
The teens, all freshman or sophomore Junior ROTC members, flew aboard a C-17 Globemaster III operated by 512th Airlift Wing reservists and learned about the reserve unit's partnership with its active-duty counterpart, the 436th Airlift Wing.
Aircrew members were: Maj. Ben Lasher, the aircraft commander; pilot Lt. Col. Jay Miller; pilot 1st Lt. Chris Blevins; and Tech Sgts. Matt Burke and Robert Stevralia, loadmasters.
