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Dobbins Air Reserve Base

Marietta, United States

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Location

Marietta · GA · United States

Position

33.915°, -84.516° · 1068 ft elev.

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Historic air reserve base serving metro Atlanta, Georgia.

Opened

1942

Location

Marietta, United States

Dobbins Air Reserve Base (KMGE/MGE) is a United States Air Force Reserve installation located in Marietta, Georgia, approximately 16 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. It is home to the 94th Airlift Wing, which operates the C-130H Hercules transport aircraft, and serves as one of the busiest Air Reserve Component installations in the country. The base shares its airfield with Lockheed Martin's Marietta aircraft manufacturing facility, which has produced military aircraft including the C-130 and C-5 Galaxy on-site. The facility also hosts Naval Air Station Atlanta (a tenant command) and supports various Department of Defense activities. Dobbins has a limited civilian general aviation presence and can handle large military and cargo aircraft. Its IATA code MGE reflects its designation for select civil operations, though it does not serve scheduled commercial passenger airline service.

Getting to & from

The base is accessible by private vehicle via US Highway 41 and Interstate 75, with no dedicated public transit service directly to the installation.

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No scheduled commercial airlines operate at Dobbins ARB; the base is used primarily by military and government aircraft.

Notable facts

›Home to the 94th Airlift Wing, an Air Force Reserve Command unit flying C-130H Hercules aircraft.
›Adjacent to the Lockheed Martin Marietta facility, a major military aircraft production plant.
›Originally established during World War II as a Bell Aircraft production and test airfield.
›Also hosts Naval Air Station Atlanta as a tenant command.
›The airfield features two runways capable of accommodating large military transport aircraft.

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Dobbins Air Reserve Base or Dobbins ARB is a United States Air Force reserve air base located in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, 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.

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