Massachusetts Military Bases

Hanscom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Installation located approximately two miles from Bedford, Massachusetts. The base is named for Laurence G. Hanscom, a local Worcester pilot and reporter who was killed in a plane crash in 1941. Hanscom Air Force Base is a unique blend of both civilian and military operations. […]

Westover ARB is the largest and widest Air Reserve Base in the United States of America. It is close to Springfield and within the city limits of Ludlow and Chicopee, in the southern part of Oklahoma. The facility is about to grow even more due to the 2005 BRAC (Base Realignment And Closure) commission, which […]

The Soldier Systems Center is operated by the Department of Defense and is responsible for the general living condition the US troops have to face while hosted in various bases or in their missions. The facility is located in Natick, in the eastern part of Massachusetts. The primary mission of this base is to deal […]

As one of the less active forts on the US territory, Fort Devens is spread over 5000 acres and is part of two different cities – Shirley and Ayer. At the same time, one of its training bases for the reserve troops is spread over Lancaster. The place is named in the memory of Charles […]

Air Station Cape Cod is located in Sandwich, in the western part of Massachusetts, inside a different installation – Otis. Both of them are operated by the United States Coast Guard. It is an air station run by Captain David Throp and benefits from eight aircrafts – four HH 60 Jayhawk helicopters and four HU […]

Sector SE New England is a military service owned by the United States Coast Guard. Its headquarters is established in Woods Hole, in the southeastern part of Massachusetts, in Barstable County. It is one of the new services owned by the US Coast Guard. At the same time, it consists of eight different stations that […]