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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 ...
In April 1955, Congress appropriated more than $4 million to start building a new Naval Air Station at a more suitable location to allow longer runways. 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.
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.
Air Force Reserve Command: Garrison/HQ: Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia. Decorations: Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm: Commanders; Current commander: Colonel Michael B. Parks: Insignia; 94th Airlift Wing emblem (approved 6 April 1956) [2] [note 1] 94th Troop Carrier Wing emblem (approved 19 May ...
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 Facility No. 1, Winder Barrow Airport, Winder
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 mission of the 78th’s more than 574 pilots, aircrew, maintenance, and support personnel is to mobilize and deploy aviation forces for providing command and control, air movement, and air assault operations in support of combat operations worldwide, as well as to provide aviation support during state and national emergencies in response to homeland defense operations.