Hanscom Air Force Base

Hanscom Air Force Base
Bedford, Massachusetts in United States of America
A replica Curtiss P-40 Warhawk on static display at Hanscom AFB.
Hanscom AFB Shown in United States
Coordinates	42°28′12″N 071°17′21″W / 42.47000°N 71.28917°W / 42.47000; -71.28917
Type	US Air Force Base (non-flying)
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Air Force
Controlled by	Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.hanscom.af.mil
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1942–present
Garrison information
Garrison	66th Air Base Group Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located predominantly within Bedford, Massachusetts, with portions extending into the adjoining towns of Lincoln, Concord and Lexington. The facility is adjacent to Hanscom Field which provides general aviation and charter service.

Hanscom AFB is a part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, one of six 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.

The base is listed as a census-designated place by the U.S. Census Bureau for statistical purposes. The resident population as of 2020 was 1,516 at the 2020 census.^[1]