Talk:Hanscom Field

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Early history missing

Where is the history of this airfield? There is only a re-direct to Hanscom Air Force Base but the reality is Hanscom AFB has been a non-flying ground unit for a long time, occasionally hosting visiting aircraft. And they didn't create the airfield either.

The airfield was originally built as 'Bedford Airport' by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and subsequently leased to the USAAF for a short period (i.e. WWII). Over the next decades USAF flying units continued to be based at Hanscom, but the main focus was on the "development and acquisition of electronic systems", which is what the Air Base has exclusively concentrated on for the last 50 years.

"Active flying at Hanscom ended on 30 September 1973." In 1974 the Air Force terminated its lease of the airfield portion of Hanscom Field, which reverted to state control. The Air Force re-designated its own acreage surrounding the field as the Laurence G. Hanscom Air Force Base. In 1977 the name was shortened to the present Hanscom Air Force Base. Military aircraft still use the airport today, but comprise less than 1% of traffic.

It would be wrong to accredit all of the military history here on the Hanscom Field article, but equally I cannot see why the article detailing the modern ground-based unit at Hanscom AFB should be the only place where the airfields history is mentioned.

WendlingCrusader (talk) 12:25, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

You're welcome to add it. Seasider53 (talk) 15:01, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

As are you.

In my case I currently have 52 windows open, occupying 86% of my system memory, and most of those are pending edits on matters that I actually have some knowledge about. Hanscom Field is going to have to wait until I have cleared those articles, together with the various rabbit-holes I inevitably find whilst editing them. I'm guessing January 2025 at the earliest, hence my invitation for some other editor who might actually know slightly more about this particular subject in the first place.

WendlingCrusader (talk) 15:27, 13 September 2024 (UTC)