Mcclellan Air Force Base (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and a bit of beginning ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. "During World War II, numerous planes arrived at McClellan from all over the U. S. To be armed and otherwise prepared for shipment overseas to combat areas. After the war McClellan became a storage center of several types of aircraft including B-29 bombers. The base was renamed McClellan Air Force Base in 1948 and its repair and overhaul mission continued throughout the Cold War as an installation of the Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and later the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) , with the overhaul facility being known as the Sacramento Air Logistics Center. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, McClellan functioned as the main depot for overhauling the Air Force's F-111, FB-111 and EF-111 aircraft, as well as the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. It also hosted a tenant WC-135 unit and supported the sophisticated electronic Operation Red Flag at Nellis AFB Nevada. A small contingent of F-111D and F-111F aircraft of the 431 Test & Evaluation Squadron, 57 Fighter Weapons Wing, Nellis AFB Nevada was also detached to McClellan. Previous names." (from Wikipedia).