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  • Dover and AFMAO team supports Operation Colony Glacier 2020

    On Nov. 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster II departed from McChord Air Force Base, Washington, headed for Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, carrying 52 service members. That flight would never reach its destination. The aircraft crashed on Colony Glacier, on the side of Mount Gannett, east of Anchorage.

  • Army Spc. Nick Bravo Regules honored in dignified transfer June 27

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Spc. Nick Bravo Regules of Largo, Florida, during a dignified transfer June 27, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Bravo Regules was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Bliss,

  • Air Force 1st Lt. Kenneth G. Allen honored in dignified transfer June 18

    A U.S. Air Force carry team transfers the remains of 1st Lt. Kenneth G. Allen, of Perry, Utah, during a dignified transfer June 18, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Allen was assigned to the 493rd Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, U.K. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

  • Army 1st Lt. Trevarius R. Bowman honored in dignified transfer May 23

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of 1st Lt. Trevarius R. Bowman, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, during a dignified transfer May 23, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Bowman was assigned to Company B, 198th Signal Battalion, 261st Signal Brigade, Newberry, South Carolina. The unit

  • Army Sgt. Christopher W. Curry honored in dignified transfer May 10

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Sgt. Christopher W. Curry, of Terre Haute, Ind., May 10, 2020 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Curry was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska (U.S. Air Force

  • Community caring - quilting group donates masks

    As Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations continues its noble mission of returning fallen U.S. service members with honor, staff are working around the clock to stay healthy and safe. Helping to protect their safety, community partners are working to stop the spread of the Coronavirus by donating

  • AFMAO adapts to unique challenges amid COVID-19

    Personnel assigned to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, are used to unique conditions that can arise when caring for fallen service members and their families. While a large portion of the nation is practicing physical distancing and staying home, the mortuary

  • Spc. Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias honored in dignified transfer March 15

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Spc. Juan M. Mendez Covarrubias, of Hanford, Calif., March 15, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Mendez Covarrubias was assigned to 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Air

  • Marine Corps Cpl. Eloiza Zavala honored in dignified transfer March 13

    A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Cpl. Eloiza Zavala, of Sacramento, Calif., March 13, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Zavala was assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo