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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.
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.
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 .
Housing and Urban Development secretary: Scott Turner ... Collins has served in the Air Force Reserve since 2002 and was deployed to Iraq in 2008 as part of the 94th Air Wing at Dobbins Air ...
In April 1955, Congress appropriated more than $4 million to start building a new Naval Air Station at a more suitable location to allow longer runways. The site selected was a large military reservation jointly occupied by Dobbins Air Force Base and the Lockheed Company, between Marietta and Smyrna. The new air station was completed in April 1959.
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]
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 ...
Then, in 2005, a parcel of 15.5 acres (0.063 km 2) was leased from the United States Air Force to the government of Cobb County for the creation of a 45,000 sq ft (4,200 m 2) museum. [ 3 ] [ b ] The museum, since renamed the Aviation Museum and Discovery Center , requested an $8 million grant from the state to establish an aviation middle ...