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In 1950, the Air Force renamed the base Dobbins Air Force Base in honor of Captain Charles M. Dobbins of Marietta, a World War II transport pilot. Captain Dobbins died near Sicily on July 11, 1943, when US Navy gunners who had earlier suffered a Luftwaffe (German air force) attack mistakenly downed his C-47.
Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Plant 6 , known during World War II as the Bell Bomber Plant , is a government-owned, contractor-operated aerospace facility at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia , currently owned by the United States Air Force and operated by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics .
Marietta Air Force Base (later Dobbins Air Force Base), Georgia, 26 June 1949 – 1 April 1951; Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia, 14 June 1952; Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 18 May 1955; Laurence G. Hanscom Field, Massachusetts, 16 November 1957; Dobbins Air Force Base (later Dobbins Air Reserve Base), Georgia, 1 July 1972 – present [2]
Jan. 26—Cobb's Board of Commissioners signed off Tuesday night on a land swap to remedy last year's zoning decision that sparked a firestorm of debate around the future of Dobbins Air Reserve Base.
Home to the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Air Force Safety Center and Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center. The 58th Special Operations Wing and the New Mexico Air National Guard's 150th Special Operations Wing train special operations crews to operate the CV-22B Osprey , HC-130J Combat King II , MC-130J Commando II , HH-60G ...
Map of the small U.S. military installations, ranges and training areas in the continental United States. This is a list of military installations owned or used by the United States Armed Forces both in the United States and around the world.
Was 2751st Air Force Base. [95] 2754th Experimental Wing: Holloman AFB, NM: AMC: 20 Sep 1949: c. 30 Jun 1951: Was 2754th Air Force Base. Transferred to ARDC as 6540th Missile Test Wing. [96] 2758th Experimental Wing: Kirtland AFB, NM: AMC: c. 1948: c. 1949: Was 2758th Air Force Base. Transferred to SWC as 4901st Special Weapons Wing. [47 ...
McGhee-Tyson MAP, Tennessee, 16 February 1953 1966 – 18 August 1955. Interceptor squadron ... Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia, 24 December 1953 1966 – 1 July 1956.