Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB 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.
A C-5M Super Galaxy at Dover Air Force in April 2014
Building 1301, January 2011
An aerial view of Dover Air Force Base in 1995
A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III landing at Dover Air Force Base in May 2022
The Air Mobility Command (AMC) is a Major Command (MAJCOM) of the U.S. Air Force. It is headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, east of St. Louis, Missouri.
Air Mobility Command Headquarters building, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
General Michael A. Minihan, incoming AMC commander, receives the command guidon from General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Air Force chief of staff, during a change of command ceremony on October 5, 2021.
Image: General Hansford Johnson, official military photo, 1990
Image: Gen Ronald R. Fogleman, USCINCTRANS