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| Fort Hood Victims To Arrive At DAFB Tonight (Saturday) |
| 2009-11-07 |
| DOVER (AP) -- Military officials says the bodies of the Fort Hood shooting victims will be flown to the Dover Air Force Base military mortuary tonight (Saturday). Officials said an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft carrying the remains of 12 Army soldiers and one Army civilian employee was scheduled to bring the victims to Dover, home to the nation's largest military mortuary. The families of the Fort Hood victims have not authorized media coverage of the plane's arrival at Dover. Thus, our CIC will not be present Officials say the result of autopsies on the victims will be made available to the appropriate federal and military agencies that are investigating Thursday's shooting. It was December 12,1983 when Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed after take off killing all 248 service men from the 101st Airborne Division, and eight crew members of the plane. The troops were on their return flight from the Sinai peninsula where they had been for 6 month. President Reagan and First Lady Nancy came a few days later to comfort to the troops at Fort Campbell. Air Force One landed at Ft Campbell. Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday |
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