After enlisting in the military in 1917, he was briefly assigned to Fort Hauchuca in Arizona before being transferred to College Station, Texas to complete his academic studies. ĭavis enrolled at Texas A&M College in 1915 as a student of mechanical engineering, having previously attended the University of Arizona in Tucson. As a young man, his hobbies included horseback riding and shooting he was a good marksman. Born to Sam and Effie Davis in 1896 in Dyer County, Tennessee, Davis was known by his middle name, Howard. Namesakes Samuel Howard Davis įirst Lieutenant Samuel Howard Davis (Novem– December 28, 1921) was a pilot and United States Army Air Service officer. Monthan enlisted in the Army as a private in 1917, was commissioned as a ground officer in 1918, and later became a pilot he was killed in the crash of a Martin B2 bomber in Hawaii in 1924. The base was named in honor of World War I pilots Lieutenants Samuel H. 3.3 United States Custom and Border Protection.
2.3.2 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG).Tucson's dry climate and alkali soil make it an ideal location to store and preserve aircraft more than 4,000 military aircraft are parked on the base. government aircraft and other aerospace vehicles such as ballistic missiles. As the main location for the 309 AMARG, Davis–Monthan AFB is the sole aircraft boneyard for excess military and U.S. Perhaps the most prominent tenant is the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309 AMARG) of the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). Equipped with HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and Guardian Angel personnel, the 943 RQG is tasked to provide combat search and rescue (CSAR) and personnel recovery (PR) support worldwide.
It also provides initial and recurrent training to all EC-130H Compass Call pilots, navigators, electronic warfare officers, and aircrew.Īnother major tenant unit is the Air Force Reserve Command's (AFRC) 943rd Rescue Group (structured as a GSU under AFRC's 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida). and Coalition tactical air, surface, and special operations forces, the 55 ECG unit employs its Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call aircraft worldwide in tactical air operations in war and other contingencies. Tasked to provide offensive counter-information and electronic attack capabilities in support of U.S. One of the wing's tenant units, the 55th Electronic Combat Group (55 ECG), is a geographically separated unit (GSU) of the 55th Wing (55 WG) at Offutt AFB, Nebraska. In October 2018, the 563rd Rescue Group, previously a geographically separated unit of the 23rd Wing at Moody AFB, Georgia, was transferred to the 355th Wing, along with its HC-130J COMBAT KING II and HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft. The 355th is ACC's executive agent for INF and START treaty compliance. Air Force A-10 and OA-10 pilots, to include those in the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and the Air National Guard (ANG). The 355 FW is the sole formal training unit for the A-10 aircraft, providing initial and recurrent training to all U.S. The 355 FW is a host unit, providing medical, logistical, mission and operational support to assigned units. The 355th Wing (355 WG) provides A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support and OA-10 forward air controllers to ground forces worldwide. government aircraft and aerospace vehicles.ĭavis–Monthan Air Force Base is a key ACC installation. The base is best known as the location of the Air Force Materiel Command's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (309 AMARG), the aircraft boneyard for all excess military and U.S. The host unit for Davis–Monthan AFB is the 355th Wing (355 WG) assigned to Twelfth Air Force (12AF), part of Air Combat Command (ACC). It was established in 1925 as Davis–Monthan Landing Field. Source: Federal Aviation Administration ĭavis–Monthan Air Force Base ( DM AFB) ( IATA: DMA, ICAO: KDMA, FAA LID: DMA) is a United States Air Force base 5 miles (4 nmi 8 km) southeast of downtown Tucson, Arizona. IATA: DMA, ICAO: KDMA, FAA LID: DMA, WMO: 722745