MATHER AIR FORCE BASE
Mather Air Force Base (Mather AFB) was an United States Air Force Base located in Rancho Cordova, California on the south side of U.S. Route 50. An Air Training Command (ATC) installation, it also hosted a tenant Strategic Air Command (SAC) Bomb Wing, a SAC-gained Air Force Reserve air refueling wing and a California Army National Guard aviation unit. Mather AFB was closed on October 1, 1993 as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) and reopened in 1995 as Sacramento Mather Airport. The airfield is located 18 miles east of the Sacramento Capitol.
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