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Dobbins Air Reserve Base or Dobbins ARB (IATA: MGE, ICAO: KMGE, FAA LID: MGE) is a United States Air Force reserve air base located in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Atlanta.
Lockheed C-130H-LM Hercules 81-0631 of the 700th Airlift Squadron prepares for approach and landing at Dobbins. 700th Airlift Squadron C-130s on the Dobbins Flightline The 94th Operations Group (94 OG) is the flying component of the 94th Airlift Wing, assigned to the United States Air Force Reserve.
The wing was reactivated in the reserves in June 1952 at what was now called Dobbins Air Force Base [5] as the 94th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, replacing the 902d Reserve Training Wing. The reserve mobilization for the Korean war had left the reserve without aircraft, and the unit did not receive aircraft until July.
Escape from Tarkov is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game in development by Battlestate Games for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in the fictional Norvinsk region in northwestern Russia , where a war is taking place between two private military companies (United Security "USEC" and the Battle Encounter Assault Regiment ...
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 ...
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.
During the course of the War, the factory produced 668 B-29s for the United States Army Air Forces, and at its peak had a work force of approximately 28,000. After the War the factory was mothballed, but with the United States's entrance into the Korean War , in January 1951 the plant was turned over to Lockheed who began refurbishing B-29s.
Dobbins Air Reserve Base, located just northwest of Atlanta along Interstate 75, was originally intended as a second civilian airport prior to World War II. Dobbins would only be available if a future Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure commission decided to close the base. As of 2015, no additional BRAC closures are planned.