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  • Friends of the Fallen selected as Air Force nominee for humanitarian award

    The Friends of the Fallen, a non-profit volunteer group, who supports families of the fallen, was recently selected as the Air Force nominee for the 2018 Zachary & Elizabeth Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award.The award was established in 1996. It recognizes exceptional patriotism and

  • Team Dover members get a glimpse behind the scenes of AFMAO

    Located in a far corner of the base just off of Purple Heart Drive is a building many may have heard about, but haven’t had the opportunity to see inside. As you drive by you’ll see flag poles centered near the front entrance. Standing tall is the American flag surrounded by the flags of each branch

  • Army Staff Sgt. Conrad A. Robinson honored in dignified transfer May 28

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Conrad A. Robinson, of Los Angeles, Calif., during a dignified transfer May 28, 2018, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Robinson was assigned to the 155th Medical Detachment, 261st Medical Battalion, 44th Medical Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C.

  • Army Spc. Gabriel D. Conde honored in dignified transfer May 3

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Spc. Gabriel D. Conde, of Loveland, Colo., May 3, 2018, at Dover Air Force Base. Conde was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, Joint Base

  • Army Spc. Javion S. Sullivan honored in dignified transfer Jan. 11

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Spc. Javion S. Sullivan, of Fort Mill, S.C., Jan. 11, 2018, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Sullivan was assigned to the 16th Signal Company, 54th Signal Battalion, 160th Signal Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mauricio Campino)

  • Media endures storm to honor fallen one click at a time

    In the spring of 2009, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, received the first fallen service member under the Department of Defense media policy change, allowing coverage of dignified transfers. The dignified transfer is a solemn movement of a fallen service member in a flag-draped transfer case from

  • Army Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin honored in dignified transfer Jan. 3

    A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin of Fort Lee, N.J., Jan. 3, 2018, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Golin was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matt Davis)