Col. Shanon Anderson, 436th Airlift Wing vice commander, signs the Sexual Assault Awareness Month proclamation at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, April 1, 2022. Anderson, along with other Dover AFB senior leaders, signed the proclamation to support SAAM in April. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. J.D. Strong II)

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  • Dover AFB named KC-46A candidate base

    In a release dated June 24, 2016, Headquarters Air Force announced five bases as candidates for the next round of active duty-led KC-46A Pegasus basing, including Dover AFB.

  • 'Fini Flight'

    Maj. Christian Fiore and Senior Master Sgt. Kathleen Lambert, 512th Airlift Wing members, celebrated their final flight with friends and family June 27, 2016, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Fiore has been at DAFB since 1991 and started his pilot training on this same day 14 years ago. Lambert has

  • Around the world in 14 days

    In 1873, Phileas Fogg, the fictional protagonist in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days circumnavigated the globe by rail and steamer ship in, of course, 80 days. Unfortunately for Phileas Fogg, he did not have access to a C-5M Super Galaxy to accomplish this feat quicker.A Team Dover C-5M

  • History event to cover early years of Dover AFB

    History enthusiasts are invited to step back in time for a presentation centered on the early days of Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 2 at the Delaware Public Archives in Dover. The event, beginning at 10:30 a.m., is entitled, “From Humble Beginnings:  The First 30 Years of Dover Air Force

  • CES to complete near decade-long power project

     The 436th Civil Engineer Squadron is putting on the finishing touches to complete a near decade long project to upgrade and relocate power lines from overhead power poles to an underground system. The four-phase project started with initial plans and designs in 2007 and saw completed phases

  • Dover Reservists first on scene, save victim

    Two 512th Airlift Wing reservists helped pull a woman to safety following a car crash June 11 in Dover, Delaware. Senior Airman Travis Beebe, 512th Memorial Affairs Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Lawrence Tungol, 512th Maintenance Squadron, were first on the scene of a two-vehicle accident involving an

  • Liberty Wing beta tests improved travel voucher system

    The Air Force Reserve Command has initiated a beta test of the Reserve Travel System at five U.S. locations to help reduce the time it takes for some traditional reservists to get their travel vouchers processed and paid.The test is a response to repeated requests from reservist assigned to units on

  • Coalition Strikes Hit ISIL Targets in Iraq, Syria

    U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported.