The 66th Air Base Group is a non-flying United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command Electronic Systems Center. It is stationed at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. The group is also the host unit at Hanscom.
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.
Activated as an Air Base Group in 1940, Redesignated as a Service Group on 13 Jun 1942. Disbanded on 1 Feb 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 Air Base Group Public Affairs66th Force Support Squadron66th Medical ClinicFor additional lineage and history, see 66th Air Base WingStations: Maxwell Field, AL, 1 Sep 1940; Montgomery Airport, AL, 3 Oct 1940; Santa Maria-Lompoc AAB, CA, 9 Feb 1943; Barksdale Field, LA, 2 May 1943-1 Feb 1944.
66th Service Group
Constituted as the 66th Air Base Group (Special) on 16 August 1940Activated on 1 September 1940Redesignated
66th Service Group on 13 June 1942Disbanded on 1 February 1944
Reconstituted and consolidated with the 66th Mission Support Group as the 66th Air Base Group on 30 June 201066th Air Base Group
Constituted as the 66th Air Base Group on 15 November 1952Activated on 1 January 1953Redesignated
66th Combat Support Group on 15 August 1962Inactivated on 1 October 1970
Activated on 1 June 1985Inactivated on 31 March 1992
Redesignated 66th Support Group on 16 September 1994Activated on 1 October 1994Redesignated
66th Mission Support Group on 1 October 2002
Consolidated with the 66th Service Group on 30 June 2010 and redesignated 66th Air Base GroupOffice of the Chief of Air Corps, 1 September 1940Mobile Air Depot Control Area Command, 1 April 1943San Antonio Air Service Command, 1 June 1943 - 1 February 194466th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1 January 1953Third Air Force, 1 April 197010th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1 July 1970 - 1 October 197066th Electronic Combat Wing, 1 June 1985 - 31 March 199266th Air Base Wing, 1 October 1994Electronic 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 – presentMaxwell Field, Alabama, 1 September 1940Montgomery Airport, Alabama, 3 October 1940Santa Maria Army Air Field, California, 9 February 1943Barksdale Field, Louisiana, 2 May 1943 - 1 February 1944Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, 1 January 1953 - 25 June 1953Sembach Air Base, Germany, 7 July 1953Laon Air Base, France, 18 June 1958RAF Upper Heyford, England, 1 September 1966RAF Wethersfield, England, 1 April 1970 - 1 October 1970Sembach Air Base, Germany, 1 June 1985 - 31 March 1992Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1 Oct 1994–presentNo Aircraft Assigned
