• Aircraft maintenance gets better with AGE

    Some things, like fine wine, get better with age. The same can be said about the 512th Aerospace Ground Equipment shop. Maintenance on the Dover Air Force Base C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III fleet requires ground support - this is where AGE saves the day.Staff Sgt. Brad Fields, an AGE mechanic

  • Five Liberty Wing aviators participate in historical WASP event

    When the request came out in February looking for volunteers to escort WASPs in Washington D.C., the 512th Airlift Wing didn't hesitate to send five female aviators from the 512th Operations Group.Nearly 70 years after becoming the first women to fly American military aircraft, Women Air Force

  • Specialist helps provide dignity, honor to fallen servicemembers

    Like other servicemembers deployed to the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center, one staff sergeant here is taking full advantage of her opportunity to provide dignity, honor and respect to fallen warriors and their families. Staff Sgt. Candice Foxe is on a four-month deployment as a dress

  • Turkey Tales: 512th AW members share Thanksgiving blunders

    (Editor's note: This is the second in a series of three stories about Thanksgiving.)From its earliest celebration in 1621 to today, the Thanksgiving holiday typically features a feast of food. It's during these times, when the kitchen begins to bustle with commotion while preparing the various

  • Turkey tales: 512th AW members share Thanksgiving traditions

    (Editor's note: This is the first in a series of three stories about Thanksgiving.)The Thanksgiving holiday has evolved from a three-day harvest feast in 1621 to a one-day meal, celebrated on the last Thursday of the month. As the holiday itself has varied, so has the manner in which people

  • Airman answers higher calling

    What would prompt a 16-year enlisted Air Force member to unexpectedly get out of the service? For one 512th Airlift Wing member, it was a calling from God. Chaplain (1st Lt.) Kim Willis began her military career in supply and later as a mental health technician. Her life-altering moment happened

  • A young life saved by a donor

    Here is a message from a strong-minded, beautiful little girl who has experienced so much in her nine years of life; "become a bone marrow donor, because it saved my life." Karina Sones, daughter of Col. Dwight Sones, 436 Airlift Wing vice commander, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia in

  • Quilts of Valor a comfort for complex wartime emotions

    In 2003 Catherine Roberts, a midwife by profession and quilter for 25 years from Seaford, wanted to give a wounded soldier a quilt to bring him comfort during his recovery. "We are a nation at war," said Ms. Roberts. "Warriors need something tangible, a physical representation of love, support and

  • Team Dover RODEO maintenance crew keeps engines running

    While most RODEO participants have headed back to their hotel rooms for much needed R and R, Team Dover's maintenance crew is out on the flight line preparing their C-17 Globemaster III for an evening takeoff. Airmen from the 712th and 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons have been working around