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Air Force Station (sometimes Air Station), Air Reserve Station or Air National Guard Station is used to name installations, typically but not exclusively without a flying mission, that are operated by a unit of at least squadron size, that does not otherwise meet the criteria of being a base. Air Force Auxiliary Airfield is used if the ...
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.
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.
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]
Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Florida" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Initially, the aircraft of the training wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida were put on alert at Tyndall and other Florida bases, as was a detachment of VF(AW)-3 at Key West. [6] The Tyndall forces included 17 McDonnell F-101 Voodoos , 18 Convair F-106 Delta Darts and 9 Convair F-102 Delta Daggers , and were the main element in increasing ...
The 88th Air Base Wing headquarters is located in Building 10 on Area A, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on May 17, 2022. (Matthew Clouse/U.S. Air Force)
The 700th Airlift Squadron is part of the 94th Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.It operates Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft providing global airlift.. The squadron was first activated in April 1943 as the 700th Bombardment Squadron.