Dover AFB hosts 2021 Special Olympics Cycling Classic

More than 40 cyclists competed in the Special Olympics Delaware 2021 Cycling Classic at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Oct. 2, 2021.After the 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic, cyclists representing five teams from Delaware and one from Virginia returned to Dover AFB to participate

20 years later: A chief remembers 9/11

Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001 at 8:46 a.m. eastern daylight time?The ability to recall where you were and what you were doing on specific dates as history unfolded is something nearly everyone can relate to. Etched into one’s mind are dates such as the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion Jan. 28,

433th Airlift Wing welcomes Dover aircraft during Tropical Storm Isaias

The first of six C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware arrived here Aug. 3, 2020, to take safety precautions as Tropical Storm Isaias threatened to hit the Eastern coast.

Dover’s in-service recruiter provides alternative to active duty

Last year, 180 Dover Air Force Base Airmen separated from active-duty service; however, for 50 of those Airmen, electing to leave did not mean they would stop serving. Master Sgt. Heather Lucas-Baptiste, Dover AFB’s Air Force Reserve in-service recruiter, helped make that possible.

Snapshot: Minnesota, Dover reservists team up for Immediate Response 2019

Immediate Response 2019 kicks off with 512th Contingency Response Element coordination

The 512th Contingency Response Element, an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, arrived here to participate in Immediate Response 2019, a multinational exercise, co-led by the Croatian Armed Forces, Slovenian Armed Forces and U.S. Army Europe.

Dover, Ramstein set standard for AMOW C-5 maintenance training

More than 30 U.S. Air Force Reserve aircraft maintainers assigned to the 512th Airlift Wing along with a 436th Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft and crew traveled to Ramstein AB Nov. 23, 2018, to assist the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing with vital hands-on, airframe-specific training.

A run to remember: aerial porters honor their fallen

More than 80 members of the 71st Aerial Port Squadron took part in the Air Force wide Annual “Port Dawg” Memorial Run here, May 14, to honor fallen air transportation Airmen. The 71st APS held the run to memorialize five aerial port Airmen who passed away in 2015, including one of their own. Tech.

Flares keep Dover birds in the sky

They are hot, bright and a visual spectacle. But they are not your run-of-the-mill fireworks being shot off in celebration. Flares used by pilots are life-saving emergency countermeasures that keep Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, aircraft in the skies delivering airlift cargo to the warfighter.

Civil Engineers light up Dover

Staff Sgt. Terrill Strothers, 512th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical technician, inspects the signal lights on the roof of the base firehouse March 6, 2016 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Part of the upgrade training for Air Force Reserve electrical technicians is operating the bucket truck (U.S.