In 1947, Mather Field became
Mather Air Force Base. It was the sole aerial navigation school for the U.S.
Wasn't it just a few years ago that I, feeling "bulletproof," left Cleveland, Ohio, and drove across the country to
Mather Air Force Base, Calif., for my first assignment?
At this time
Mather Air Force Base located near Sacramento, Northern California State's capital city, was an aircrew training centre for Air Force navigators but in 1993 it was decommissioned.
From October 1953 to July 1954, he attended the first Senior Technical Observer Training Course at
Mather Air Force Base, California, and was the honor graduate in his class.
Or the getaway ranch where troubled youth could ride and hike in Sacramento, OR, a housing development planned for 1,225 acres in Rancho Cordova, not to mention county efforts to build baseball and softball fields on the former
Mather Air Force Base.