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Dover AFB

Dover Air Force Base
Air Mobility Command.svg
Part of Air Mobility Command (AMC)
Located near: Dover, Delaware
C-5M Landing at Dover AFB Delaware.jpg
The Spirit of Old Glory, the fourth C-5M Super Galaxy delivered to the 436th Airlift Wing, arrives at Dover Air Force Base.
Dover AFB is located in Delaware
Dover AFB
Dover AFB
Location of Dover AFB, Delaware
Coordinates 39°07′42″N 075°27′53″W / 39.12833°N 75.46472°W / 39.12833; -75.46472 (Dover AFB)Coordinates: 39°07′42″N 075°27′53″W / 39.12833°N 75.46472°W / 39.12833; -75.46472 (Dover AFB)
Site information
Controlled by  United States Air Force
Site history
Built 1941
In use 1941–present
Garrison information
Garrison 436th Airlift Wing.png 436th Airlift Wing
Airfield information
Summary
Elevation AMSL 28 ft / 9 m
Website www.dover.af.mil
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 9,602 2,927 Asphalt
14/32 12,903 3,933 Asphalt/Concrete
Source: FAA, official site
Building 1301, Dover Air Force Base
Building 1301, Dover AFB.JPG
Building 1301, January 2011
Dover Air Force Base is located in Delaware
Dover Air Force Base
Dover Air Force Base is located in the US
Dover Air Force Base
Location Dover AFB, E. Dover Hundred, Dover, Delaware
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP Reference # 94001377
Added to NRHP December 7, 1994

Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB (IATA: DOVICAO: KDOVFAA LID: DOV) is a United States Air Force base located 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware.

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". It was previously the only base to solely operate the massive C-5 Galaxy and now operates both that aircraft plus the C-17 Globemaster III. The 436 AW has two active flying squadrons (the 3rd Airlift Squadron, which now operates the C-17 Globemaster III, and 9th Airlift Squadron), and the 512 AW has two Air Force Reserve flying squadrons (the 326th Airlift Squadron and the 709th Airlift Squadron).

Dover AFB is also the home for the largest military mortuary in the Department of Defense, and has been used for processing military personnel killed in both war and peacetime; the remains of those killed overseas are traditionally brought to Dover AFB before being transferred to family. The Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs has also been used to identify remains of civilians in certain exceptional circumstances: in 1978 for the victims of the Jonestown mass murder/suicide, in 1986 for identifying the remains of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger, and in 2003 for the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It was also a major site for identifying the remains of military personnel killed in the 9/11 attacks. During the night of October 28, 2009, before making a decision on the committal of further troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama visited the base to receive the bodies of several American soldiers killed in Afghanistan.


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