Hascom Fiedld/Hanscom Air Force Base (HF/HAFB) is a 1,120-acre site located 14 miles northwest of Boston in the towns of Bedford, Concord, Lincoln, and Lexington in central Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The site comprises Hanscom Air Force Base (HAFB)-an active U.S. Air Force (USAF) base-and L.G. Hanscom Field (HF), an adjacent civilian airport owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Light industry, residential areas, and open space surround HF/HAFB; and the headwaters of the Shawsheen River, one of the 27 major watersheds in Massachusetts, are on site. A public airfield was built on the site in 1941. Military flying activities began in 1942. From 1942 to 1973, HAFB's primary mission was operational maintenance of fighter aircraft and research and development support. In 1973, military flight operation ceased and in the following year, the airfield was returned to state control for operation as a civilian airfield, the USAF retaining the remainder of the property. Today the USAF principally uses the 826 acres that remain under its control to support the Electronic Systems Center (ESC) of the Air Forced Material Command.


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    Titel :

    Public Health Assessment for Hanscom Field/Hanscom Air Force Base Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. EPA Facility ID: MA8570024424


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2003


    Format / Umfang :

    90 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch