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| Dobbins Air Reserve Base | |||||||||
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| Marietta, Georgia in the United States of America | |||||||||
.jpg) A C-130 Hercules operated by the 700th Airlift Squadron, part of the 94th Airlift Wing based at Dobbins ARB. | |||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°54′55″N 084°30′59″W / 33.91528°N 84.51639°W | ||||||||
| Type | US Air Force Base | ||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | www.dobbins.afrc.af.mil/ | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1941 (as Rickenbacker Field) | ||||||||
| In use | 1941 – present | ||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Current commander | Colonel Carl Magnusson | ||||||||
| Garrison | 94th Airlift Wing (Host) | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: MGE, ICAO: KMGE, FAA LID: MGE, WMO: 722270 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 325.5 metres (1,068 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||
Dobbins Air Reserve Base or Dobbins ARB (IATA: MGE, ICAO: KMGE, FAA LID: MGE) is a United States Air Force reserve air base located in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Atlanta. Originally known as Dobbins Air Force Base, it was named in honor of Captain Charles M. Dobbins, a World War II C-47 pilot who died near Sicily.
The installation is the home station of the host wing, the 94th Airlift Wing (94 AW) of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and its fleet of C-130 Hercules aircraft, and is also the location of the headquarters for AFRC's Twenty-Second Air Force (22 AF).
Dobbins ARB is also home to Army Aviation Service Facility #2 (AASF #2) of the Georgia Army National Guard and their fleet of UH-60 Blackhawks and UH-72 Lakota[2] helicopters. Associated units to AASF #2 include 1st Battalion, 171st General Support Aviation Regiment; Company H, 171st Aviation Regiment; Company C, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation; and Detachment 1, Company C, 111th General Aviation Support Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment.
Additional Reserve component organizations at Dobbins include various units of the Marine Corps Reserve and Navy Reserve.
Dobbins ARB has two runways which it shares with the General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center (formerly Naval Air Station Atlanta) to its south. Runway 11/29 is the primary runway and is 10,000 feet (3,000 m) long and 300 feet (91 m) wide with directions 110 and 290 magnetic. The second runway, called an "assault strip", is a 3500×60-foot (1067×18-meter) runway referred to as 110–290, which is parallel to Runway 11/29.
Over 14,000 flight operations occur annually making the Dobbins complex an extremely active facility with diverse air traffic operations from all branches of the military and other US government agencies. This air traffic environment takes place within the area of the busiest airport in the world (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) and is as busy as many medium-sized commercial airports.
- ^ "Airport Diagram – Dobbins AFB (KMGE)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Army Guard updates aviation capabilities". 13 December 2010.