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Spokeswoman says no shooting at Tucson base (AP)

Ytop stories  Fri, 09/16/2011 - 1:47pm

AP - The public affairs office at an Air Force base near Tucson says no shots have been fired and no one has been hurt, but traffic into and out of the base is limited because of an unspecified security situation.



 

Obama Honors Fallen Americans At Dover Air Base

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 10/29/2009 - 5:12am

President Obama made a midnight trip to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to honor the return of fallen soldiers in Afghanistan.

He was taking part in a solemn process to transfer the remains of 15 soldiers and three Drug Enforcement Agency agents from the back of the C-17 to a transport vehicle to a base mortuary.