[MikefromOhio]

What happened to Hanscom AFB?

That one is still active.....

and so is Pease, which I thought was in New Hampshire....

[GOP_1900AD]

Well, I do know that there is now commercial aviation using Hanscom. Not sure what military if any, remains.

[ProudVet77]

Hanscom is still in business, in fact it's grown. They now fly in RC-135/JSTAR/AWACs type aircraft. I live about 10 miles west of it and when the win is from the east, I'm in their flight path. They do a lot of electronics systems development there, Raytheon and others are right around the corner.
Pease is till use for ANG/AFR units that do refueling.
The thing about NAS Brunswick is that it's primary purpose is the P-3 Orion. They are being phase out to be replaced with UAVs.

[Non-Sequitur]

and so is Pease, which I thought was in New Hampshire....

Pease shut down in 1991. It's a air national guard base now.

[yankeedame]

What happened to Hanscom AFB?

That one is still active.....

and so is Pease, which I thought was in New Hampshire....

As far as I know it still is, since that (on-base) is where we've got our bank account. Pease AFB, I believe, was moth-balled many,many moons ago.

[El Gato]

Hanscom is an R&D base, no aircraft assigned. They don't even own the runways anymore, although AF can still use them.

Hanscom AFB, Mass. 01731-5000; 17 mi. NW of Boston. Phone: 781-377-4441; DSN 478- 5980. Majcom: AFMC. Host: Electronic Systems Center (AFMC). Mission: manages development and acquisition of command and control systems. Major tenants: AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate–Hanscom; AFRL’s Sensors Directorate–Hanscom. History: activated 1941. Named for Laurence G. Hanscom, a pre- WWII advocate of private aviation, killed in a lightplane accident in 1941. Area: 846 acres. Runway: no flying mission; transient USAF aircraft use runways of Laurence G. Hanscom Field, state-operated airfield adjoining the base. Altitude: 133 ft. Personnel: permanent party military, 1,478; DOD civilians, 1,371. Housing: single family, officer, 359, enlisted, 491; unaccompanied, UOQ, 17, UAQ/UEQ, 220; visiting, VOQ 25, VAQ/VEQ, 93, TLF, 39. Clinic.

Pease is an ANG base now.

Pease Intl. Tradeport ANGS, Portsmouth, N.H. 03803-0157. Phone: 603-430-2453; DSN 852- 2453. Unit: 157th Air Refueling Wing (ANG). Area: 218 acres. Runway: 11,318 ft. Altitude: 101 ft. Full-time personnel: 320.

[PhiKapMom]

Hanscom doesn't have a runway that the Air Force could use except for the very small executive planes. It is only there because of the Kennedy's and MITRE people refuse to transfer. Should have been closed years ago.

[ops33]

Hanscomb doesn't have an active flightline.

[ops33]

My earlier post was incorrect, I stand corrected another post.

[nj26]

"What happened to Hanscom AFB?"

According to rumors in MA and the Boston Globe, Hanscom AFB will very likely be gone, as well.

Hanscom AFB is located in an upscale suburban area outside Boston, and the real estate is worth hundreds of millions. The Pentagon wants the money from selling it. The DOD might maintain research facilities in a civilian office park on the base (to coordinate with nearby MIT), but the base seems likely to be closed, as well.

I don't see any reason to be closing so many bases when homeland security is so important.

Between base closings and border security, this administration is starting to remind me of the Clintons. Hopefully, they will prove me wrong by not closing these bases.