Mather Air Force Base Mather Field | |
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| Part of Air Training Command (ATC) | |
| Sacramento County, California | |
 2006 USGS airphoto | |
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  Mather AFB Location in the United States  Mather AFB Location in California | |
| Coordinates | 38°33′14″N 121°17′51″W / 38.55389°N 121.29750°W |
| Type | Air Force Base |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1918 |
| In use | 1918–1993 |
| Battles/wars |  World War I  World War II |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 323d Flying Training Wing |
Mather Air Force Base (Mather AFB) was a United States Air Force Base, which was closed in 1993 pursuant to a post-Cold War BRAC decision. It was located 12 miles (19 km) east of Sacramento, on the south side of U.S. Route 50 in Sacramento County, California. Mather Field was one of 32 Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917.[1]
The Mather AFB land has various post-military uses including Sacramento Mather Airport, established in 1995. Some of the land was included in the City of Rancho Cordova, when it was incorporated in 2003.[2] Mather Field also now serves as home of the 149th Intelligence Squadron of the 195th Wing, Air National Guard.
- ^ William R. Evinger: Directory of Military Bases in the U.S., Oryx Press, Phoenix, Ariz., 1991, p. 147.
- ^ "Cordova Community Plan" (PDF). Sacramento County Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 2003-0551. 23 April 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2016.