Description
Computer made/mounted on velcro 3.0 inch-77mm
66th AIR BASE GROUP (AFMC)
Lineage. Established as 66 Air Base Group (Special) on 16 Aug 1940. Activated on 1 Sep 1940. Redesignated as 66 Service Group on 13 Jun 1942. Disbanded on 1 Feb 1944. Reconstituted, and consolidated (30 Jun 2010), with the 66 Air Base Group, which was established on 15 Nov 1952. Activated on 1 Jan 1953. Redesignated as 66 Combat Support Group on 15 Aug 1962. Inactivated on 1 Oct 1970. Activated on 1 Jun 1985. Inactivated on 31 Mar 1992. Redesignated as 66 Support Group on 16 Sep 1994. Activated on 1 Oct 1994. Redesignated as: 66 Mission Support Group on 1 Oct 2002; 66 Air Base Group on 30 Jun 2010-.
Assignments. Chief of the Air Corps, 1 Sep 1940; Mobile AD Control Area Command, 1 Apr 1943; San Antonio Air Service Command, 1 Jun 1943-1 Feb 1944. 66 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1 Jan 1953; Third Air Force, 1 Apr 1970; 10 Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1 Jul-1 Oct 1970. 66 Electronic Combat Wing, 1 Jun 1985-31 Mar 1992. 66 Air Base Wing, 1 Oct 1994; Electronic Systems Center, 30 Jun 2010 (attached to Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, 16 Jul 2012); Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, 1 Oct 2012-.
Stations. 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. Shaw AFB, SC, 1 Jan-25 Jun 1953; Sembach AB, Germany, 7 Jul 1953; Laon AB, France, 18 Jun 1958; RAF Upper Heyford, England, 1 Sep 1966; RAF Wethersfield, England, 1 Apr-1 Oct 1970. Sembach AB, Germany, 1 Jun 1985-31 Mar 1992. Hanscom AFB, MA, 1 Oct 1994-.
Operations. Provide services to active duty, Reserve, National Guard military personnel and DoD civilians at Hanscom AFB and supports over retired military personnel, annuitants and spouses living in the six-state New England area and New York.
Service Streamers. World War II American Theater.
Campaign Streamers. None.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jan-31 Dec 1962; 1 Apr 1987-31 Mar 1989; 1 Jun 1989-31 May 1991; 1 Jun 1991-31 Mar 1992; 1 Jan 1996-31 Dec 1997; 1 Jan-31 Dec 1998. Air Force Organizational Excellence Award: 1 Jan 2003-31 Dec 2004.
Emblem. Approved on 23 Mar 2023.