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In the early 1930's the Army at Rockwell Field, North Island in San Diego needed to relocate their aviation general supply and repair operation. Rancho del Paso was selected for the new site. By November 1938, the Depot was shipping supplies from its new facilities. The following year the base name was changed from Sacramento Air Depot to McClellan Field, honoring Major Hezekiah McClellan who died in an airplane crash. With the outbreak of World War II, and the need for increased military posture, McClellan, the only depot on the west coast, surged up and bore the brunt of air logistics to the Pacific. Between this war and the Korean War, the US Air Force was established; McClellan's activity increased as new units were activated. By June 1950, when the Korean War broke out, McClellan's repair processing time improved considerably due to technological advances and teletype links between Far East Air Force and Sacramento Air Material Area.In 1952, decentralization of Air Material Command occurred and many additional duties were picked up. In addition to aircraft management, they also managed aircraft auxiliary fuel tanks, electrical generator sets, and print and reproduction equipment. As the Korean War drew to a close, the Air Force cancelled McClellan's B-29 projects and took on more fighters and interceptors. Additional projects and ideas sparked after the Sputnik launch in 1957 - the depot expanded its expertise from exclusive aircraft support to include management of satellite systems. Since the beginning of McClellan's history, technology has been in the forefront of maintaining and repairing high tech systems. Through the depot modernization efforts of the 1960's and early 1970's into the space age of the 1980's, McClellan took on greater technological management missions such as the F-22, advanced composites, fiber optics, and very high-speed integrated circuits. In the 1990's, McClellan played an.