Sec. 1097. Sense of Congress honoring the Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, home to the 436th Airlift Wing, the 512th Airlift Wing, and the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs
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Congress find the following: The Dover Air Force Base is home more than 4,000 active-duty military and civilian employees tasked with defending the United States of America. The Dover Air Force Base supports the mission of the 436th Airlift Wing, known as Eagle Wing and the 512th Airlift Wing, known as Liberty Wing. The Eagle Wing serves as a unit of the Eighteenth Air Force headquartered with the Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. The Eagle Wing flies hundreds of missions throughout the world and provides a quarter of the United States’ strategic airlift capability and boasts a global reach to over 100 countries around the world.
The Dover Air Force Base houses incredible aircrafts utilized by the United States Air Force, including the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17A Globemaster III aircraft. The Dover Air Force Base operates the largest and busiest air freight terminal in the Department of Defense, fulfilling an important role in our Nation’s military. The Air Mobility Command Museum is located on the Dover Air Force base and welcomes thousands of visitors each year to learn more about the United States Air Force.
The Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs fulfills our Nation’s sacred commitment of ensuring dignity, honor and respect to the fallen and care service and support to their families. The mortuary mission at Dover Air Force Base dates back to 1955 and is the only Department of Defense mortuary in the continental United States. Service members who serve at the Center for Mortuary Affairs are often so moved by their work that they voluntarily elect to serve multiple tours because they feel called to serve our fallen heroes.
Congress— honors and expresses sincerest gratitude to the women and men of the Dover Air Force Base for their distinguished service; acknowledges the incredible sacrifice and service of the families of active duty members of the United States military; encourages the people of the United States to keep in their thoughts and their prayers the women and men of the United States Armed Forces; and recognizes the incredibly unique and important work of the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations and the role they play in honoring our fallen heroes.