Dover Air Force Base
Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB (IATA: DOV, ICAO: KDOV, FAA LID: DOV) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base under the operational control of Air Mobility Command (AMC), located 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware. The 436th Airlift Wing is the host wing and runs the busiest and largest air freight terminal in the Department of Defense.
| Dover Air Force Base | |||||||||
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| Dover, Delaware, U.S. in United States of America | |||||||||
A C-5M Super Galaxy at Dover Air Force in April 2014 | |||||||||
Dover Location of Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and the United States Dover Dover (the United States) | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°07′42″N 075°27′53″W | ||||||||
| Type | U.S. Air Force base | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Air Mobility Command (AMC) | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | www.dover.af.mil/ | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||
| In use | 1948 – present | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Current commander | Colonel Matthew Jones | ||||||||
| Garrison | |||||||||
| Occupants | See Based units section for full list. | ||||||||
| Designations | National Register of Historic Places (Building 1301) | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: DOV, ICAO: KDOV, FAA LID: DOV, WMO: 724088 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 8.8 metres (29 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||
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