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Dover Air Force Base

Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force base under the operational control of Air Mobility Command, located 2 miles southeast of the city of .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airbase in Delaware, USA
  • Also known as: “DOV”, “Dover AFB”, “Dover Base Housing”, “KDOV”, and “Scottsburg Volunteer Fire Department / Scottsburg City Fire Department Station 1”
  • Address: DE

Places of Interest

Highlights include Air Mobility Command Museum and Cherbourg Round Barn.

Museum
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The is a military aviation museum located at Dover Air Force Base in dedicated to the history of the Air Transport Command, Military Air Transport Service, Military Airlift Command and Air Mobility Command.

Historic building
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The near is a round barn that was built in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Now destroyed, its walls were made of poured concrete.

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The , generally known as Poplar Hall, is a National Historic Landmark on the John Dickinson Plantation in , , 5 miles south of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Highland Acres and Kent Acres.

Village
is a census-designated place in , , United States. It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,459 at the 2010 census.

Village
is a census-designated place in , , United States. It is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,890 at the 2010 census.

Dover Air Force Base

Latitude
39.12824° or 39° 7′ 42″ north
Longitude
-75.46931° or 75° 28′ 10″ west
Population
2,810
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
IATA airport code
DOV
ICAO airport code
KDOV
FAA airport code
DOV
United Nations Location Code
US DOV
Open location code
87F64GHJ+77
Open­Street­Map ID
way 588532887
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
7726518
Wiki­data ID
Q755023
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Waray—“Dover Air Force Base” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • Chinese: “Dover Base Housing”
  • Chinese: “多佛尔空军基地”
  • Chinese: “多佛空军基地”
  • Chinese: “多佛空軍基地”
  • Croatian: “Dover Base Housing (Delaver)”
  • Croatian: “Dover Base Housing”
  • Dutch: “Dover Base Housing”
  • French: “base aérienne de Dover”
  • French: “DOV”
  • French: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • German: “DOV”
  • German: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • German: “KDOV”
  • Gilaki: “داور بیس هاوزینگ”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר דובר”
  • Indonesian: “DOV”
  • Indonesian: “KDOV”
  • Irish: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • Italian: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • Italian: “Dover Base Housing”
  • Japanese: “ドーヴァー空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “ドーバー空軍基地”
  • Ladin: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • Ladin: “Dover Base Housing”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Dover Base Housing”
  • Newari: “डोभर बेस हाउसिंग (डेलावेर)”
  • Newari: “डोभर बेस हाउसिंग, डेलावेर”
  • Newari: “डोभर बेस हाउसिंग”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dover flystasjon”
  • Norwegian: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی دوور”
  • Portuguese: “Dover Base Housing”
  • Serbian: “Довер Бејс Хаусинг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dover Base Housing, Delaver”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dover Base Housing”
  • Slovenian: “DOV”
  • Slovenian: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • Slovenian: “KDOV”
  • Slovenian: “Letalsko oporišče Dover”
  • Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aerea Dover”
  • Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aérea Dover”
  • Spanish: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • Spanish: “Dover Base Housing”
  • Swedish: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво дувр”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Довер”
  • Urdu: “ڈوور ایئرفورس بیس”
  • Uzbek: “Dover Air Force Base”
  • Uzbek: “Dover Base Housing”
  • Uzbek: “Довер Басе Ҳоусинг”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Dover Air Force Base”

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Highlights include Base Theater and C-141B Starlifter.

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