McClellan Air Force Base
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McClellan Air Force Base (1935–2001) is a former United States Air Force base located in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Sacramento, California.[1]
History
For the vast majority of its operational lifetime, McClellan was a logistics and maintenance facility for a wide variety of military aircraft, equipment and supplies. Initially known as the Pacific Air Depot and Sacramento Air Depot, in 1939 the base was renamed for Major Hezekiah McClellan, a pioneer in arctic aeronautical tests. Born in 1894, he died on 25 May 1936 when his Consolidated P-30 which he was flight testing crashed near Centerville, Ohio.[2]
In 1986, the U.S. Air Force established the McClellan Aviation Museum on what was then McClellan Air Force Base. The museum was later chartered by the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
The
In 1993, the base was selected by the Pentagon for closure. At first, McClellan was scratched from a list of bases to be closed, but that decision was faced with allegations that the Clinton administration was playing politics.[3] The base was eventually selected for closure, and there were plans to offset the expected loss of $1.5 billion, and 11,000 jobs, to the California economy. The plan relied on privatization and other investment to offset the economic and employment losses.[4] The base is now McClellan Business Park, a growing business enclave that hosts a diverse mix of companies spread across more than 8 million square feet of space of all types. This former military facility is now home to hundreds of private companies, as well as state, federal and local government agencies.[5]
It is also home to AmeriCorps*NCCC Pacific Region[6]
The
In 2005, the McClellan Aviation Museum changed its name to the
In 2015, the
Names
- Pacific Air Depot, 1935 - 1 February 1937
- Sacramento Air Depot 1 February 1937 - 1 December 1939
- McClellan Field, 1 December 1939 - 13 January 1948
- McClellan Air Force Base (dates to be confirmed, closed 2001)
- McClellan Business Park, 2009–present
Major command assignments
- Air Service Command, 11 December 1941 - 17 July 1944
- Army Air Forces Materiel and Services Command, 17 July 1944 - 31 August 1944
- Army Air Forces Technical Service Command, 31 August 1944 - 1 July 1945
- Air Technical Service Command, 1 July 1945 - 9 March 1946
- Air Materiel Command, 9 March 1946 - 1 April 1961
- Air Force Logistics Command, 1 April 1961 - 1 July 1992
- Air Force Materiel Command, 1 July 1992 - 13 July 2001
Environmental contamination
The McClellan Restoration Advisory Board provides a forum for the local community, regulatory agencies, and Air Force to share information on current and future environmental cleanup programs and reuse at the former base.[10]
See also
- California World War II Army Airfields
- Western Air Defense Force (Air Defense Command)
- 8th Air Division
- Doolittle Raid
- McClellan AFB Annex
References
- ^ "McClellan Air Force Base". United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 2015.
- ^ "History". www.afcec.af.mil. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ Pine, Art (1993-03-23). "2 California Bases May Return to Closure List : Defense: Head of review panel cites concerns that McClellan, Presidio were dropped for political reasons". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ Pine, Art; Richter, Paul (1995-07-10). "Revised Plan for McClellan Base Sent to Clinton". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "History".
- ^ "History".
- ^ "About the Aerospace Museum of California". Aerospace Museum of California. Archived from the original on 2006-06-20.
- ^ OSRTI, US EPA. "Search Superfund Site Information". cumulis.epa.gov. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ^ EDWARD ORTIZ (June 21, 2015). "Groundwater search turns up high carcinogen readings near McClellan". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ "McClellan Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)". economic.saccounty.net. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
External links
- California Military History Museum, McClellan Air Force Base at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-02-02)
- Aerospace Museum of California website
- Oroville Mercury Register re: Aero Union move to McClellan
- McClellan Business Park