FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts ~ 02 DEC 2025

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts

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 the 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 66th Air Base Group is a non-flying United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command Electronic Systems Center. It is stationed at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. The 66th ABG provide services to over 5,000 active duty, Reserve and National Guard military personnel and DoD civilians who work and live at Hanscom Air Force Base. Additionally, the 66 ABG supports over 100,000 retired military personnel, annuitants and spouses living in the six-state New England area and New York.

The 66th Civil Engineering Divison is responsible for portfolio optimization, community planning, program development, energy, design and construction management, installation geospatial information and service (IGIS) and Comprehensive Asset Management Plan integration. Provides project management to include design, contract execution, and Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineer Requirements (SABER). Also provides installation mapping, facility floor plan maintenance, and CE record drawing management.

Hanscom Air Force Base acquires critical warfighting systems for the Air Force sister services. These systems provide the connectivity for and between warfighters with items such as radar, communication and intelligence systems, command and operations centers and network infrastructure and cyber defense.

Learn More About Hanscom Air Force Base HERE!!

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[PROCON]

Thanks for tonight’s Road Trip, Lauren!

[radu]

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you PROCON!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hawdy radu!

*HUGS*

[luvie]

~ Road Trip: Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening luvie!

*HUGS*

[radu]

Howdy, lauren! *HUGZ*

Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving with your niece.

[PROCON]

Hiya radu, sorry I missed you last night.

Good weekend, took both kids and Robin out to breakfast on Friday, had a great visit and saw both kids on Saturday too.

How was your weekend?

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Did it warm up much more this afternoon?

I saw 48 when I took Jasper to the vet so we didn’t quite make it to 50. Only upper 30s expected for tomorrow’s high. BRRRRRRRRR

[radu]

Cool! I didn’t realize your daughter was in town. Bet that was fun. Sounds like you had a really nice Thanksgiving weekend.

Some friends invited me over for Thanksgiving dinner and the rest of the weekend was pretty dull. I don’t get out among the crazies who are shopping for deals. LOL

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi radu! It was very nice, family I had not seen in a while so it was fun.

Hope you have a good week!

*HUGS*

[radu]

Sounds great! Hard to beat that with a big stick. :-)

[luvie]

Hi there, lauren! (((hugs)))

Hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend. It was very nice here, but we’d rather had been with the kids. We will go see them next week instead.

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

Yes, it warmed up to about 54 and it’s 41 right now. It felt pretty good when I went out to feed the kitties, because the wind isn’t as strong today.

Sounds like you were only a few degrees cooler there, but your tomorrow will be waaaay different. Yours...30s...mine...60s. Hope you get to stay inside tomorrow! 🥶

[radu]

It’s warmer here than it is there. I’ve got 46 at the moment, and it’s been raining. More rain to go, then the temps will drop behind it. I hope. Right now, the cold temps are at the back edge creating sleet and sleet’s about to move into Memphis. Too far south! I don’t want that over here!

It wasn’t too bad this afternoon because it wasn’t windy like it was yesterday.

I have no plans for tomorrow other than to stay inside!

[luvie]

Nononono!!! Nooo sleet! That stuff is such a mess. Glad you don’t have to get out.

It’s now about 37 here. it’s falling pretty fast considering that it’s not windy at all. Breezy, yes. Norther-type wind, no.

Finally got hold of the cat-sitter and she can help us next week. WoooHooo!! Sooo looking forward to seeing the kids. And The weather seems to be forecast to be nice. 60s or 70s most days. I can live with that. My heated bankie will be going with me, though. My son puts the AC on year-round, and we FREEEEEZE!! LOL! I’m still lovin’ those self-heated blankets, and so are the kitties, indoor and outdoor. 😻

[radu]

Yeah, if it has to drop frozen precip, I prefer snow to sleet. I was glad I could get Jasper in for a shot this afternoon rather than have to wait. I shouldn’t have said anything about how well he’d been doing lately because he started throwing up over the weekend. He really needed that shot today.

My temp has gone up a couple of degrees. Weird but welcome right now. Quite a bit of rain still coming and it’ll stay rain.

We’ll have a little breeze behind the rain but nothing strong. Not a big temp difference in front of and behind this front.

Great your cat sitter will be available. I gather Peaches is eating well enough now so you can go?

[Flash Bazbeaux]

https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/beatles-roll-boston-pandemonium-spare/

In 1964, New England – along with the rest of the country — went Beatles crazy.

On Sept. 12, 1964, Boston took its turn.

When the Beatles finally arrived in Boston, they tried to stay low-key. Their plane arrived at 3:40 a.m. at Hanscom Field Air Force Base under tight security. Only a small crowd greeted them.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks Lauren for this morning's road trip.

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