United States Air Force Plant 6 | |
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Part of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) | |
Located near: Marietta, Georgia | |
Coordinates | 33°55′35″N 084°32′05″W / 33.92639°N 84.53472°W |
Type | United States Government manufacturing facility |
Site information | |
Owner | United States Air Force |
Controlled by | Air Force Materiel Command |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
In use | 1942-Present |
Garrison information | |
Occupants | Air Force Materiel Command |
Air Force Plant 6, known during World War II as the Bell Bomber Plant, is a government-owned, contractor-operated aerospace facility at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, currently owned by the United States Air Force and operated by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. The plant, originally occupied by Bell Aircraft, began operation in April 1943 and was intended specifically to produce B-29 Superfortresses under license from Boeing. 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. The plant remains in use today by Lockheed.