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aircrew comprising Air Mobility Command and Air Force Reserve Command airmen from Dover AFB, Del., earlier this month flew the first all-Dover C-17 training mission, using a simulator at McGuire AFB, N.J. A Nov. 13 news release noted that the active 436th Airlift Wing and Reserve 512th AW at Dover are transitioning to the C-17 and arranged with the 305th Air Mobility Wing at McGuire to fly a McGuire C-17 and simulator to aid their training efforts. Dover doesn’t expect to receive the first of its 13 new C-17 airlifters until late next year. The aircraft will join a scaled down C-5 operation at the Delaware base. Both aircraft will be flown and maintained by active and Reserve airmen.
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government shutdown.
