Dobbins Air Reserve Base

Dobbins Air Reserve Base (MGE, KMGE) is a United States Air Force reserve air base located in Marietta, Georgia, approximately 20 miles northwest of Atlanta. The installation was originally constructed in 1941 as Rickenbacker Field, named after Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. It was initially envisioned as an alternative airfield for Atlanta's Candler Field. In 1942, it was renamed Marietta Army Airfield and became a key site for B-29 Superfortress production and modification by Bell Aircraft Company (Plant #6) during World War II. After the war, it became Marietta Air Force Base in 1948 and was renamed Dobbins Air Force Base in 1950 in honor of Captain Charles M. Dobbins.

Since 1951, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, now Lockheed Martin, has operated an adjacent plant for aircraft production and modification, including B-29s, B-47s, C-130 Hercules, C-141 Starlifters, and C-5 Galaxies. The C-130 Hercules remains in production at the Lockheed Martin plant. The base's name was changed to Dobbins Air Reserve Base in 1992, briefly to Dobbins Joint Air Reserve Base in 2003, and reverted to Dobbins Air Reserve Base in 2009 after the closure of Naval Air Station Atlanta.

Dobbins ARB is the home station of the 94th Airlift Wing (Host) of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), operating C-130 Hercules aircraft. It also hosts the headquarters for AFRC's Twenty-Second Air Force. Additionally, the base accommodates Army Aviation Service Facility #2 of the Georgia Army National Guard, with UH-60 Blackhawks and UH-72 Lakota helicopters, and various units of the Marine Corps Reserve and Navy Reserve. The base shares two runways with the General Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center: Runway 11/29, a 3,048.6-meter concrete runway, and a parallel 1,065.2-meter asphalt 'assault strip' designated 110/290. Over 14,000 flight operations occur annually. A B-29 Superfortress, "Sweet Eloise," is on public display near the main gate as a memorial to the site's bomber production history.