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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
Mar. 19—President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will land at Dobbins Air Reserve Base Friday for an official visit to Atlanta. The trip, originally planned as a victory lap touting ...
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.
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. NAS Atlanta in the mid-1940s. Naval Air Station Atlanta was originally located at what is now Peachtree-DeKalb Airport in Chamblee, until
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.