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Obama, military leaders pay respects at Dover Air Force Base

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Medevac crash victims returned home

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — The transfer team’s steps were meticulously synchronized. Their white gloves were spotless. The flag wrapped around each case was tight, each with an identical number of stars and stripes showing.

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Reservist in private plane aids C-17

A C-17 marooned at 35,000 feet without a radio. Air traffic controllers struggling to land the cargo plane safely. And a C-17 reservist, flying a private plane, who talked the big bird down. It was just like a scene from … Continue reading

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Reservist in private plane aids C-17

A C-17 marooned at 35,000 feet without a radio. Air traffic controllers struggling to land the cargo plane safely. And a C-17 reservist, flying a private plane, who talked the big bird down. It was just like a scene from … Continue reading

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Mid-Atlantic bases brace for more snow

The Air Force braced for another dose of winter weather at its mid-Atlantic bases Tuesday, expecting another 10 inches to 17 inches of snow on top of the two feet dumped on the region over the weekend.In Washington, the Pentagon … Continue reading

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Dover Reserve crew delivers communications team, equipment to Haiti

Airmen from the 326th Airlift Squadron, here, delivered the Joint Communications Support Element to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III during the early morning hours of Jan. 16. On the way to Haiti, the Air Force Reserve aircrew stopped at … Continue reading

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Families of the Fallen center opens at Dover

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz on Wednesday helped open the Center for the Families of the Fallen, where families await the remains of their loved ones' return to American soil.Fallen service … Continue reading

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Mortuary center sees steep rise in visits

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — Susan Velloza stood on the flight line here less than 36 hours after she found out two Iraqi soldiers shot and killed her only child.She cried as she and her husband watched six soldiers … Continue reading

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Procession, burial for Speicher in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of people lined the streets for the funeral procession of Gulf War Navy pilot Michael Scott Speicher, whose remains were discovered in Iraq and returned home 18 years after his plane was shot down.A hearse carried … Continue reading

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