• Starting early: Liberty Wing family members earns money for college

    Imagine being recognized in front of a crowd that was filled with role models such as world-renown neurosurgeon Ben Carson, military leader Colin Powell or Superbowl champion Jerome Bettis. The 10-year-old son of a Dover Air Force Base reservist did just that. Alden Tonkay, the son of Master Sgt.

  • Critical Days of Summer: Rabies

    The Critical Days of Summer, the safety campaign designed to improve awareness during the summer when Air Force Safety Center statistics show increased mishaps, is currently underway. As the summer brings out the flowers and campers, it also is a time when more wild animals are wandering around. One

  • Credit control: Proper payment, vigilance help maintain good credit

    ( Editor's note: this is the second in a three part series covering good credit) 'Pay your bills and don't buy things you can't afford' may sound like easy enough instruction in maintaining good credit, but continuing a favorable credit report may require more specific measures. "Maintaining good

  • Reservist molds metal on, off duty

    Whether it's on or off duty, when Senior Airman Michael Wright goes to work sparks fly. The reservist is a welder in the 512th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology Shop, and as if that wasn't enough to keep him busy, he also owns his own metals shop. As a metals technologist, he is on

  • Managing your money: Get credit where credit is due

    ( Editor's note: this is the first in a three part series covering good credit) You want it. No, you need it. But how can you get it? Credit. There are three criteria that establish good credit: Character, Capacity and Collateral. Establishing credit character must be created first in order to

  • Airman's Attic lends a helping hand

    Imagine if everything you need for moving into a new home was given to you for free. It may sound too good to be true, but it is possible for active-duty and reserve Airmen, E-5 and below, at Dover Air Force Base. The Airman's Attic is a volunteer-run base organization that offers Dover Airmen and

  • Dignity, Honor, Respect: Reserve squadron supports port mortuary

    Dignity, honor and respect are more than mere words for two 512th Memorial Affairs Squadron Airmen here. It's a motto that Staff Sergeants Tracey Taylor and Christine Devera say they live every day, working here at the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs, the military's only state side

  • Wanted: C-5 flight engineers

    Airmen who'd like to travel around the world while serving their nation might want to consider a career as a flight engineer with the 709th Airlift Squadron. The C-5 flying squadron will be losing many flight engineers due to upcoming retirements and is looking for a few good Airmen. "Flight

  • Face of America: Liberty Wing Airman serves as world diplomat

    When Air Force reservist Tech. Sgt. Dawn Scott dons her sage-striped Airman Battle Uniform and combat boots, she represents the United States of America. As a civilian, she slips into a business suit and pair of pumps to do the same. Sergeant Scott, 512th Logistics Readiness Squadron supply

  • C-5M flies in on wings of Dover Air Force Base heritage

    The C-5M's wheels screeched to a halt on the Dover Air Force Base flightline and taxied in front of Hangar 706 where a crowd eagerly awaited the arrival of the first Super Galaxy. Seated in that crowd were four Airmen who ushered in Dover's strategic airlift era with the delivery of the base's first