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A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III landing at Dover Air Force Base in May 2022 Dover AFB is home to the 436th Airlift Wing (436 AW) of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), known as the "Eagle Wing", and the AMC-gained 512th Airlift Wing (512 AW) of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), referred to as the "Liberty Wing".
The Dover AFB Historical Center was established on 13 October 1986. Only three days later, a C-47, which had previously been located at Muir Army Airfield in Pennsylvania, was airlifted to the museum. [3] [4] [5] Following official recognition as a museum by the U.S. Air Force in 1995, it became the Dover AFB Museum.
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.
Air Force Rescue Memorial Museum – Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico (closed January 1990) [4] Beale Air Force Base Museum – Beale Air Force Base, east of Marysville, California (closed in February 1995) [5] Dyess Air Force Base Museum – Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas (now exists as Dyess Linear Air Park) [6] [failed ...
The History of Dover Air Force Base and the Heritage of the 436th Airlift Wing. Dover Air Force Base, DE: 436th Office of History. OCLC 44576369; Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1983) [1961]. Air Force Combat Units of World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-02-1. LCCN 61060979
Citizen Airmen: a History of the Air Force Reserve, 1946–1994. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program. ISBN 0-16049-269-6; Knaack, Marcelle Size (1978). Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems. Vol. 2, Post-World War II Bombers 1945-1973. Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.
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The 709th Airlift Squadron is part of the 512th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The squadron was first activated during World War II as the 709th Bombardment Squadron . After training in the United States, it deployed to the European Theater , where it engaged in the strategic bombing campaign against Germany .