Mather Air Force Base

Mather Air Force Base

Mather Field
Part of Air Training Command (ATC)
Sacramento County, California
2006 USGS airphoto
Map
Mather AFB is located in the United States
Mather AFB
Mather AFB
Location in the United States
Mather AFB is located in California
Mather AFB
Mather AFB
Location in California
Coordinates38°33′14″N 121°17′51″W / 38.55389°N 121.29750°W / 38.55389; -121.29750
TypeAir Force Base
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Air Force
Site history
Built1918
In use1918–1993
Battles/wars
World War I

World War II
Garrison information
Garrison323d 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.

  1. ^ William R. Evinger: Directory of Military Bases in the U.S., Oryx Press, Phoenix, Ariz., 1991, p. 147.
  2. ^ "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.