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Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB (IATA: DOV, ICAO: KDOV, FAA LID: DOV) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base under the operational control of Air Mobility Command (AMC), located 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware.
The 512th Airlift Wing, an associate Air Force Reserve Command unit is located at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.The wing helps maintain, repair and fly the same aircraft as its active-duty counterparts.
Dover Air Force Base: Dover: Delaware: Air Mobility Command: 436th Airlift Wing: The 436th Airlift Wing and 512th Airlift Wing operate the C-17A Globemaster III and C-5M Super Galaxy in the tactical and strategic airlift role.
Donaldson AFB, South Carolina (16 October 1950 – 20 July 1951) 375th Troop Carrier Wing (1950) 443d Troop Carrier Wing (1950–1951) Dow AFB, Maine (20 November 1946 – 1 December 1948) 14th Fighter Group; Dover AFB, Delaware (1 April 1946 – 1 December 1948) 320th AAF/Air Force Base Unit; Dyess AFB, Texas (15 October 1969 – 1 December 1974)
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.
The 436th Airlift Wing is an active unit of the United States Air Force, stationed at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.The wing operates Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, and is assigned to Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force.
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, walk off a military airplane at Dover Air Force Base to attend the dignified transfer of fallen service members on August, 29, 2021. AFP via Getty Images
Keesler AFB: C-21: Inactive 47th Airlift Flight: Wright-Patterson AFB: C-21: Inactive 48th Airlift Squadron: Little Rock AFB: C-130J Super Hercules: Inactive 50th Airlift Squadron: Little Rock AFB: Red Devils: C-130 Hercules: Inactive (now 50th Air Refueling Squadron) 52nd Airlift Squadron: Peterson AFB: C-130H: Active 53rd Airlift Squadron ...