Pentagon Lets Media See Return Of US War Dead

U.S. Air Force airmen transfer the remains of Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Myers on Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 5, 2009. This was the first time the Defense Department has allowed families to permit media coverage of dignified transfer operations under a new policy. U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik

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DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. – The Pentagon's 18-year ban on media covering the return of fallen U.S. service members ended with a solemn ceremony for the arrival of a flag-draped casket of an airman felled in Afghanistan.

After receiving permission from family members, the military opened Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to the media Sunday night for the return of the body of Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers of Hopewell, Va.

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Update: Airmen Cover the Fallen With Dignity, Honor, Respect -- U.S. Department of Defense

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