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In 2001, the Dover Port Mortuary became the sole port mortuary in the continental U.S. after the mortuary at Travis Air Force Base in California closed. In 2003, the new Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs replaced the 48-year-old facility that had been in use since 1955 to identify and process the remains of over 50,000 service members.
Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations (AFMAO) Dover Air Force Base, Delaware Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Quantico, Virginia: Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) JBSA-Randolph, San Antonio, Texas: Air Force Personnel Operations Agency (AFPOA) Washington, D.C. Air Reserve Personnel Center (ARPC) Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado
An Air Force Instruction (AFI) is a documented instruction for members of the United States Air Force intended for use by active duty, guard, and reserve members and associated civilians. It is one of many forms of directives published by the Air Force Departmental Publishing Office (AFDPO). [ 1 ]
Mortuary Affairs is a service within the United States Army Quartermaster Corps tasked with the recovery, identification, transportation, and preparation for burial of deceased American and American-allied military personnel. The human remains of enemy or non-friendly persons are collected and returned to their respective governments or ...
The U.S. Air Force Academy cemetery was established in 1958. It accepts burials for graduates of the Air Force Academy, personnel assigned to the Academy, USAF officers in the rank of Lieutenant General and above, recipients of the Air Force Cross or Medal of Honor, along with their spouses and dependent children.
The base also hosts the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs. [15] Dyess Air Force Base: Abilene: Texas: Air Force Global Strike Command: 7th Bomb Wing: The B-1B Lancer strategic bomber is operated by the 7th Bomb Wing and 307th Bomb Wing.
That gaiety hides a deeper, lasting pain at losing loved ones in combat. A 2004 study of Vietnam combat veterans by Ilona PIvar, now a psychologist the Department of Veterans Affairs, found that grief over losing a combat buddy was comparable, more than 30 years later, to that of bereaved a spouse whose partner had died in the previous six months.
The museum opened a new exhibit about Air Force Mortuary Affairs in September 2023. [14] Exhibits ... [34] Douglas C-124A Globemaster II 49-0258 [35] [36]