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FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts ~ 10 JAN 2017
Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 01/09/2017 5:51:03 PM PST by laurenmarlowe

 
 

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Road Trip: Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts

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Hanscom Air Force Base 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.

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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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The mission program offices at Hanscom AFB remain an integral part of the evolving electronics technology community in the Boston area, consisting of educational institutions, private industry and military research and development installations. Today, the base continues its leadership role in the development and acquisition of Air Force command and control systems.

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Hanscom is also home to two major Air Force Program Executive Offices (PEOs): The PEO for Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks; and PEO Battle Management. The C3I&N directorate is responsible for more than 2,200 personnel and acquisition execution of a $10.9 billion portfolio developing, deploying and sustaining Air Force, joint and coalition cyberspace, networks, cryptologic and data link systems to enable decisive combat operations.

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Learn More About Hanscom Air Force Base HERE!!

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To: laurenmarlowe; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; Soaring Feather; ...

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!


21 posted on 01/09/2017 6:55:47 PM PST by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: usafa92
Good evening, usafa92...we thank you for your service to our country.


22 posted on 01/09/2017 7:03:04 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: notaliberal

Welcome to the Canteen, notaliberal....

That is quite a transition!!


23 posted on 01/09/2017 7:04:51 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: usafa92; notaliberal

I work near Hanscom, and on 9/11, I heard planes going over. Having been a jet mechanic, I can instantly tell the difference between a military aircraft and a civilian one just from the sound.

There were more than one, and I went outside and a bunch of F-15’s, I always felt like it was 15 or so, but I think that is my memory, and it was more like 8-12. More than civilians see in one fell swoop. They slowly flew right over us at probably 500 ft) in single file, each one slowly rocking from one side to the other (not in synch with each other) as if they were doing it to see the sky around them.

I remember for the group of about a dozen of us who were looking up from right outside our building, it was a somber experience.

After the Boston Marathon Bombing, that night, it was a clear, beautiful night if I recall correctly. Early enough there are no mosquitoes out yet, and it was a crisp, fresh spring day. The sun had just gone down, and the sky was turning that wonderful shade of blue as it darkens, and there is a quickly disappearing lining of yellow and pink, almost gone. The stars were becoming more prominent. I lay in my hammock in my backyard, just beautiful. My neighborhood is very quiet, and I have a sweet little quarter acre all fenced in. I can hear the bell in the famous clock tower downtown ring faintly on the hour.

I heard the sound of a jet approaching, and when you live in a flight path (as some of you likely know) you know the directions, speeds and altitudes. This one was coming straight in over my house from the Southwest, low enough where I wasn’t just seeing the underside, but the windows as well. It struck me because it was completely out of any flight path followed by planes in the decades I have lived here. I don’t know my business jets that well, but this one had five or six windows on the side with two engines on the tail. Nice looking plane.

It was low enough that I could see through the windows and actually see the shapes of people moving about inside. The windows were emitting a luminous gold light, and with the background of that beautiful, clean, indigo twilight, I had this feeling I could actually feel the gravity of the moment in an very encompassing way. I felt (and I simply don’t know why) exactly where I was in the universe and what I was doing there.

It was a beautiful feeling, exciting, serene, joyous and sad all at the same time. The sadness, by the way, wasn’t due to the bombing. It was an odd feeling of melancholy, like suddenly realizing that you are old, or realizing when saying goodbye to someone that you are probably never going to see them again in your life. They aren’t dying or anything, but...you realize the world is a big place with a lot of people living lives, and you may never cross paths again.

Kind of got off track there, but...thing is, I loved looking up at that plane. I think it is likely it was full of government officials flying into Hanscom due to the bombing. I have that same kind of odd, voyeuristic feeling I get that is both comforting and sad when I drive down a darkened rural road and see a single window giving off that yellow light. Or when you are landing at an airport and you can see the headlights of cars, and think...”Where is that person going...what are they doing?”

If you can’t tell, I love living in the flight path, I wish it was busier. Some people complain about it, but I love being around an airbase. My wife laughs at me, because my face is always to the sky...)

I am aviation enthusiast, and one day in my backyard, I heard the unmistakable sound of large radial engines, very low. I walked around my house, and saw a B-17 flying straight at me at about 500 feet!

At work, I have had an office in a trailer for about 20 years now (one of the few places in a hospital you actually have a window!) and when I hear that sound of planes or helicopters, I open the window and press my face against the screen.

I see all kinds...the big “guppy” that carries rocket engines and plane parts, Air Force 1 One, the occasional B-52, JSTARS, even Navy planes. Not a lot of volume, but interesting variety.


24 posted on 01/09/2017 7:08:02 PM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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Hi, Lauren! Good road trip! In ML’s part of the world! :)


25 posted on 01/09/2017 7:11:48 PM PST by luvie (There is no global anthem, no global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one country, America.-DJT)
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To: radu
Howdy radu!

How wuz your day?

I hit a few stores for provisions today, all the main roads are cleared off of snow but the side streets are still treacherous.

Just been hanging out and lazing afterwards.

26 posted on 01/09/2017 7:14:25 PM PST by PROCON (Onto the Great American Rebirth!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Kathy!

A bit of snowfall again this morning but nothing big. Still cold enough for the snow to be staying for awhile. More expected this week.

Oh well...

27 posted on 01/09/2017 7:16:20 PM PST by PROCON (Onto the Great American Rebirth!)
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To: laurenmarlowe; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; ...
Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.

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28 posted on 01/09/2017 7:17:52 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: rlmorel
What a great story you tell. I love aircraft, too, as does my hubby, and though we don't live near an airbase [and wish we did], we always run outside at the sound of any engine that doesn't sound like a commercial jet. He was in the AF, as was our son. ✈️🚁
29 posted on 01/09/2017 7:19:26 PM PST by luvie (There is no global anthem, no global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one country, America.-DJT)
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To: PROCON

Howdy, PRO!

Glad they have some of the roads cleared so y’all can get around easily.......once you get to them. At least you have a good vehicle to drive in that nasty weather.

We’ve warmed up a little and the temps are going to rise overnight. YAY!

It was a so-so day but the evening is fine and dandy. Just finished scarfing down some yummy pizza. Now to wait for it to scoot down enough to leave room for the cannoli I brought home for dessert. LOL


30 posted on 01/09/2017 7:24:08 PM PST by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Evening, Lauren! Great army pix!


31 posted on 01/09/2017 7:46:22 PM PST by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Howdy, Kathy.

Hope things are going relatively smoothly today!


32 posted on 01/09/2017 7:52:18 PM PST by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS)))

Hanscom is not far from me.


33 posted on 01/09/2017 7:58:40 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: LUV W

Indeed...right by Rt 128, the technology Beltway.

Got buzzed by the Blue Angels once when I was driving on it!

AWESOME!!!!!!!!


34 posted on 01/09/2017 8:01:51 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: rlmorel

Thank you for your reply—very interesting reading. My son does not live on a flight path but also has an strong fascination with airplanes in flight, especially military.


35 posted on 01/09/2017 8:02:55 PM PST by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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To: left that other site

Ooooo....that’s the BEST! Are you sure it wasn’t The Thunderbirds...since it is an AFB? Love all of them!


36 posted on 01/09/2017 8:05:07 PM PST by luvie (There is no global anthem, no global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one country, America.-DJT)
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To: LUV W

Hi LUV, didn’t see you much on FB today. Did you celebrate “Blue Monday.” :-)


37 posted on 01/09/2017 8:24:35 PM PST by PROCON (Onto the Great American Rebirth!)
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To: PROCON

No. I was there...just not much news or controversy today. LOL! I posted some eagle pics on their pages. Didn’t see you either. :)


38 posted on 01/09/2017 8:29:08 PM PST by luvie (There is no global anthem, no global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one country, America.-DJT)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; radu

Going to watch tv now, have a good evening.


39 posted on 01/09/2017 8:31:35 PM PST by Soaring Feather (Holding On)
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To: Soaring Feather

Have a good rest of the evening, Feathers.

I wish it would warm up a bit up there. I guess you haven’t been able to go outside much with it being so cold. :-(


40 posted on 01/09/2017 8:44:02 PM PST by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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