Hanscom AFB
Hanscom Air Force Base
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| Part of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) | |
| Bedford / Concord / Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | |
A replica P-40 on static display at the end of Vandenberg Drive.
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 Hanscom AFB
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| Coordinates | 42°28′12″N 071°17′21″W / 42.47000°N 71.28917°WCoordinates: 42°28′12″N 071°17′21″W / 42.47000°N 71.28917°W |
| Type | Air Force Base |
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| Owner | Dept. of Defense |
| Controlled by |
 United States Air Force
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1942 |
| In use | 1942–present |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison |
 66th Air Base Group
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Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: BED, ICAO: KBED, FAA LID: BED) is a United States Air Force base located predominantly within Bedford, Massachusetts, with portions extending into the adjoining towns of Concord and Lincoln. The facility is adjacent to Hanscom Field which provides general aviation and charter service.
Hanscom AFB is the part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, one of five centers under Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is the single center responsible for total life cycle management of Air Force weapon systems and is headquartered at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The host unit at Hanscom is the 66th Air Base Group (66 ABG) assigned to AFMC.
A non-flying base, Hanscom Air Force Base is named after Laurence G. Hanscom (1906–1941), a pilot, aviation enthusiast, and State House reporter who was killed in a plane crash at Saugus, Massachusetts. Hanscom was a reporter for the Boston Globe, Worcester Telegram & Gazette and the Wilmington (MA) News. Hanscom was active in early aviation, founding the Massachusetts Civil Air Reserve. At the time of his death, Hanscom had been lobbying for the establishment of an airfield in Bedford. The base was named in his honor on 26 June 1941.
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