The 66th Air Base Group is a non-flying
United States Air Force
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unit assigned to the
Air Force Materiel Command
Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force (USAF). AFMC was created on July 1, 1992, through the amalgamation of the former Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and the former Air Force Systems Com ...
Electronic Systems Center. It is stationed at
Hanscom Air Force Base,
. The group is also the host unit at Hanscom Air Force Base.
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.
Overview
Activated as an Air Base Group in 1940, Redesignated as a Service Group on 13 June 1942. Disbanded on 1 February 1944. It was reactivated and Consolidated with the 66th Air Base Group / 66th Combat Support Group / 66th Mission Support Group in October 2010 at Hanscom, when the 66th Air Base Wing was reduced in scope.
The 66th ABG consists of the following:
* 66th Security Forces Squadron
* 66th Force Support Squadron
* 66th Medical Squadron
History
: ''For additional lineage and history, see
66th Air Base Wing
The 66th Air Base Wing is an inactive United States Air Force wing that was last active in September 2010 at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, where it had served as the host organization since 1994. It was replaced at Hanscom by the small ...
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Stations:
Maxwell Field, AL, 1 September 1940; Montgomery Airport, AL, 3 October 1940; Santa Maria-Lompoc AAB, CA, 9 February 1943; Barksdale Field, LA, 2 May 1943 – 1 Feb 1944.
Lineage
66th Service Group
* Constituted as the 66th Air Base Group (Special) on 16 August 1940
: Activated on 1 September 1940
: Redesignated 66th Service Group on 13 June 1942
: Disbanded on 1 February 1944
* Reconstituted and consolidated with the 66th Mission Support Group as the 66th Air Base Group on 30 June 2010
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66th Air Base Group
* Constituted as the 66th Air Base Group on 15 November 1952
: Activated on 1 January 1953
: Redesignated 66th Combat Support Group on 15 August 1962
: Inactivated on 1 October 1970
* Activated on 1 June 1985
: Inactivated on 31 March 1992
* Redesignated 66th Support Group on 16 September 1994
: Activated on 1 October 1994
: Redesignated 66th Mission Support Group on 1 October 2002
* Consolidated with the 66th Service Group on 30 June 2010 and redesignated 66th Air Base Group][
]
Assignments
* Office of the Chief of Air Corps
The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1926 and 1941. After World War I, as early aviation became an increasingly important part of modern warfare, a philosophical r ...
, 1 September 1940
* Mobile Air Depot Control Area Command
Mobile may refer to:
Places
* Mobile, Alabama, a U.S. port city
* Mobile County, Alabama
* Mobile, Arizona, a small town near Phoenix, U.S.
* Mobile, Newfoundland and Labrador
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* Mobile (b ...
, 1 April 1943
* San Antonio Air Service Command, 1 June 1943 – 1 February 1944
* 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
The 66th Air Base Wing is an inactive United States Air Force wing that was last active in September 2010 at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, where it had served as the host organization since 1994. It was replaced at Hanscom by the smalle ...
, 1 January 1953
* Third Air Force
The Third Air Force (Air Forces Europe) (3 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA). Its headquarters is Ramstein Air Base, Germany. It is responsible for all U.S. air forces in E ...
, 1 April 1970
* 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1 July 1970 – 1 October 1970
* 66th Electronic Combat Wing, 1 June 1985 – 31 March 1992
* 66th Air Base Wing, 1 October 1994
* Electronic Systems Center, 30 June 2010 – 1 October 2012 (attached to Air Force Life Cycle Management Center after 16 July 2012)
* Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, 1 October 2012 – present[
]
Stations
* Maxwell Field
Maxwell Air Force Base , officially known as Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation under the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The installation is located in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. O ...
, Alabama, 1 September 1940
* Montgomery Airport
Montgomery Regional Airport (Dannelly Field) is a civil-military airport seven miles southwest of Montgomery, the capital of Alabama. Owned by the Montgomery Airport Authority, it is used for general aviation and military aviation, and sees two ...
, Alabama, 3 October 1940
* Santa Maria Army Air Field
Santa Maria Public Airport (Capt. G. Allan Hancock Field) is three miles (5 km) south of Santa Maria, in northern Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
History
The airport was built by the United States Army during World War ...
, California, 9 February 1943
* Barksdale Field Barksdale may refer to:
Places
*Barksdale, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
*Barksdale, Texas, an unincorporated community
* Barksdale, Wisconsin, a town
** Barksdale (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
* Barksdale Air Force ...
, Louisiana, 2 May 1943 – 1 February 1944
* Shaw Air Force Base
Shaw Air Force Base (Shaw AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately west-northwest of downtown Sumter, South Carolina. It is one of the largest military bases operated by the United States, and is under the jurisdict ...
, South Carolina, 1 January 1953 – 25 June 1953
* Sembach Air Base
Sembach Kaserne is a United States Army post in Donnersbergkreis, Germany, near Kaiserslautern, and is about 19 miles (30 km) east of Ramstein Air Base. Prior to 2010, the installation was a United States Air Force installation and prior to ...
, Germany, 7 July 1953
* Laon Air Base
Laon () is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
History
Early history
The holy district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance. In ...
, France, 18 June 1958
* RAF Upper Heyford
RAF Upper Heyford was a Royal Air Force station located north-west of Bicester near the village of Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England. In the Second World War the airfield was used by Bomber Command. During the Cold War, Upper Heyford was one ...
, England, 1 September 1966
* RAF Wethersfield
MDP Wethersfield is a Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence facility in Essex, England, located north of the village of Wethersfield, Essex, Wethersfield, about north-west of the town of Braintree, Essex, Braintree. Origin ...
, England, 1 April 1970 – 1 October 1970
* Sembach Air Base, Germany, 1 June 1985 – 31 March 1992
* Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1 Oct 1994–present[
]
Aircraft
No Aircraft Assigned
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Maurer, Maurer, Air Force Combat Units of World War II, Office of Air Force history (1961).
* Ravenstein, Charles A. Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1984. {{ISBN, 0-912799-12-9.
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