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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. He was flying his third mission of ...
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
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]
Fairchild C-119 of the Air Force Reserve At Dobbins, the squadron replaced the 812th and 813th Fighter-Bomber Squadrons . [ 21 ] Simultaneously with the move of the 445th Troop Carrier Wing and squadron to Dobbins, the 445th Group moved to Memphis Municipal Airport , [ 22 ] and the 700th was attached directly to the wing.
935th Combat Service Support Battalion, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah; Detachment 9, Operational Airlift, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta; Company C, 2d Battalion (Security and Support), 151st Aviation Regiment, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta; Army Fixed Wing Support Activity, Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins; Army Aviation Support ...
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.
US Navy operated joint reserve base. Air Force Reserve Command's 301st Fighter Wing operates the F-16C Fighting Falcon and the Texas Air National Guard's 136th Airlift Wing operates the C-130 Hercules. Home to headquarters of the Tenth Air Force. Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base: Westhampton Beach: New York