U.S. Senator invites 512th Airlift Wing reservist to Washington D.C.

U.S. Senator to Delaware Chris Coons welcomed 512th Airlift Wing intelligence officer, Maj. David Strawbridge, to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, Wednesday, at Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., where they heard the President of Afghanistan speak to Congress and their guests.Coons and

Liberty Wing's first Green Belt academics class finishes

512th AW captures third intramural basketball championship

The intramural basketball playoffs came to a thrilling conclusion with a showdown between the 512th Airlift Wing and 436th Aerial Port Squadron for the championship March 18, 2015, here.The 436th APS entered the championship game from the loser's bracket and needed to win two games against the 512th

Ground equipment keeps planes in the sky

Whether you are a crew chief on the flight line checking the tire pressure on a C-17 Globemaster III, or a Security Forces defender at the main gate on a cold winter day, you have probably used equipment provided by the Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight from the 436th and 512th Maintenance

Food Transformation Initiative coming to Dover AFB

The Patterson Dining Facility located here is set to temporarily shut down and undergo improvements as part of the Air Force Food Transformation Initiative.The dining facility will close April 1, 2015, and is schedule to reopen Oct. 1, 2015. The facility will undergo renovations to convert the

Aerial port reservists support Operation Freedoms' Sentinel

When the Air Force tasked the 46th Aerial Port Squadron from the Air Force Reserve's 512th Airlift Wing, here, with a partial mobilization in the fall of 2014, there were more volunteers than deployment slots available.Tech. Sgts. Patricia Thurston and Jill Fitzgerald, and Staff Sgt. Debrah Thomas,

March UTA Liberty Links now available

Liberty Links is now available: The 512th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office has provided an electronic publication that summarizes what you need to know for Liberty Wing's month of March Unit Training Assembly. To access the document, with the hyperlinks included, you must have access to Dover Air

March UTA still a "go", as is Annual Awards Banquet

The 512th Airlift Wing will be having its March Unit Training Assembly as scheduled, March 7-8, here.There is no delayed reporting. All personnel should report to the installation as regularly scheduled.Personnel who may have difficulty commuting to the base due to road conditions where they live

Mortuary deployments for reservists shape career paths

In October 2000 after the USS Cole bombing, then Senior Airman Tracy Boorom, a traditional reservist with the 315th Services Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, was called to the mortuary to assist in caring for the remains of 17 American sailors killed in the bombing. That was her

Honorary commanders embrace military culture during first base visit

As part of the 2015 Honorary Commander Program, about 30 civic leaders attended a 101 Briefing and Wing Staff Agency Tour on base Wednesday.They received mission briefings about the base and its associate Reserve partnership from the 436th and 512th airlift wing commanders Cols. Mark W. Grismer Jr.