United States Air Force Plant 6
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| United States Air Force Plant 6 | |
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| Part of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) | |
| Located near: Marietta, Georgia | |
An F-22A Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia taking off in front of a C-130J Hercules of the Air Force Reserve 94th Airlift Wing at Dobbins ARB, Georgia. Plant #6 is located at Dobbins ARB
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 United States Air Force Plant 6
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| 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 is a government-owned, contractor-operated aerospace facility in Marietta, Georgia, currently owned by the United States Air Force and operated by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. The site includes facilities used for the fabrication and assembly of large aircraft.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Plant 6 provides repair, retrofit and overhaul of F-22A, C-130 and other Air Force aircraft currently in the inventory, as well as providing technical support.[4]
See also
- Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California
- Air Force Plant 4, Fort Worth, Texas
- Dobbins Air Reserve Base
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- ↑ Shettle, M. L. (2005), Georgia's Army Airfields of World War II. ISBN 0-9643388-3-1
- ↑ The Bell Bomber Plant
- ↑ Baugher Boeing B-29B Superfortress
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Air Force Plant 6 @ globalsecurity.org
- ↑ Lockheed-Martin Plant #6 History
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
