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The base was named in honor of World War I pilots Lieutenants Samuel H. Davis (1896–1921) and Chief Engineer Oscar Monthan (1885–1924), both Tucson natives. [3] Monthan enlisted in the Army as a private in 1917, was commissioned as a ground officer in 1918, and later became a pilot; he was killed in the crash of a Martin B2 bomber in Hawaii on March 27, 1924.
Davis–Monthan Field was chosen because of Tucson's low humidity, infrequent rainfall, alkaline soil, and high altitude of 2,550 feet (780 m), reducing rust and corrosion. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The hard soil makes it possible to move aircraft around without having to pave the storage areas.
The 612th Air Operations Center (612 AOC) is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to the Twelfth Air Force and stationed at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. First activated in 1994, the unit coordinates air and space assets in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, covering 31 countries in the Caribbean, as ...
The 355th Operations Group consists of five squadrons and over 450 personnel employing 75 A/OA-10 aircraft and an AN/TPS-75 radar system. It provides war-fighters with forces for close air support (CAS), air interdiction (AI), forward air control (FAC), combat search and rescue (CSAR), ground-based tactical air control, and airbase operations.
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base: Tucson: Arizona: Air Combat Command: 355th Fighter Wing: The 355th Fighter Wing operates the A-10C Thunderbolt II (both for training and operationally), the HH-60G Pave Hawk and HC-130J Combat King II.
Davis–Monthan Field, Tucson; 32nd Air Base Squadron / 32nd Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron; 20 April 1941–1 April 1944 233rd Army Air Force Base Unit (Combat Crew Training Station, Very Heavy)(Second AF); 1 April 1944–16 November 1945 Now: Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (IATA: DMA, ICAO: KDMA)
The 25th Operational Weather Squadron (25 OWS), based out of Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, is the Squadron responsible for the Western United States; the current states in the Area of Responsibility (AoR) are Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
The 43d Electronic Combat Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. Its current assignment is with the 55th Electronic Combat Group, being stationed as a tenant unit at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona as a geographically separated unit from its parent, the 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.