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<h2 id="1970s">1970s</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Otis_Air_National_Guard_Base/la78U98b">Otis Air National Guard Base</a> underwent boundary changes in 1975. This realignment included these installations: <a href="/facts/Otis_Air_National_Guard_Base/la78U98b">Otis Air National Guard Base</a>, <a href="/facts/Camp_Edwards/YPA0Eb6T">Camp Edwards</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Coast_Guard_Air_Station_Cape_Cod/VdBQI7RE">Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p><a href="/facts/Cape_Cod_Space_Force_Station/DkY35kpQ">Cape Cod Space Force Station</a> was created when the air force returned in 1978. The <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">U.S. Air Force</a> constructed the <a href="/facts/Precision_Acquisition_Vehicle_Entry_Phased_Array_Warning_System/kkGdov5R">Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System</a> (PAVE PAWS). PAVE PAWS is designed to detect airborne ballistic missiles and monitor orbiting satellites.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="2020s">2020s</h2> <p>In the <a href="/facts/2023_Pentagon_document_leaks/8dKmH1Kg">2023 Pentagon document leaks</a> the FBI arrested Airman 1st Class <a href="/facts/Jack_Teixeira/SBsJE96T">Jack Teixeira</a>, cyber transport systems journeyman of the <a href="/facts/102nd_Intelligence_Wing/CyDPU8ns">102nd Intelligence Wing</a>, Joint Base Cape Cod for allegedly uploading Top Secret information to a <a href="/facts/Discord/Q10BXbo3">Discord</a> server,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> and charged with violating the <a href="/facts/Espionage_Act/8RDXdMuW">Espionage Act</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> Teixeira had access to sensitive compartmented access (SCI) information.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="military-bases">Military bases</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Otis_Air_National_Guard_Base/la78U98b">Otis Air National Guard Base</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Camp_Edwards/YPA0Eb6T">Camp Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cape_Cod_Space_Force_Station/DkY35kpQ">Cape Cod Space Force Station</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Coast_Guard_Air_Station_Cape_Cod/VdBQI7RE">Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Director-of-Operational-Logistics-DOL/Bases/Base-Cape-Cod/">Coast Guard Base Cape Cod</a></li></ul> <h2 id="other-facilities">Other facilities</h2> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/John_A._Volpe_National_Transportation_Systems_Center/2PXVpKEJ">Volpe Center's</a> <a href="https://www.volpe.dot.gov/air-traffic-systems-operations/aircraft-wakes-and-weather/developing-and-testing-sensor-accuracy">Aviation Weather Research Facility</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Port_Security_Unit/Yb1vG3Jh">Port Security Unit</a> 301<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Civil_Air_Patrol/05sv88n9">Civil Air Patrol</a> Coastal Patrol 18, Cape Cod Composite Squadron (NER MA 044)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Massachusetts_National_Cemetery/hjLUPagn">Massachusetts National Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Barnstable_County_Correctional_Facility/fJvcmS7N">Barnstable County Correctional Facility</a> and Sheriff's Office</li> <li>Massachusetts Environmental Management Commission<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Military_Reservation_Wind_Project/hRwqmNGE">Massachusetts Military Reservation Wind Project</a> at Joint Base Cape Cod</li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_military_installations_in_Massachusetts/x8Dd8f6o">List of military installations in Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_States_Coast_Guard_Air_Stations/fyDwt2B9">United States Coast Guard Air Stations</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joint Base Cape Cod. <ul><li><a href="https://www.massnationalguard.org/JBCC/">Official website</a></li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Joint_Base_Cape_Cod¶ms=41_42_15_N_70_32_30_W_">41°42′15″N 70°32′30″W / 41.70417°N 70.54167°W / 41.70417; -70.54167</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"MMR History". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 2006-07-05. Retrieved 2017-11-27. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060705155805/https://www.mass.gov/guard/E%26RC/mmrhistory1.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060705155805/https://www.mass.gov/guard/E%26RC/mmrhistory1.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"MMR History". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on 2006-07-05. Retrieved 2017-11-27. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060705155805/https://www.mass.gov/guard/E%26RC/mmrhistory1.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060705155805/https://www.mass.gov/guard/E%26RC/mmrhistory1.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Brennan, Georga (2013-05-29). "Massachusetts Military Reservation may get new name: Joint Base Cape Cod". Cape Cod Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2013-05-29. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180726113044/http://www.capecodtimes.com/article//20130529/NEWS/305290334" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180726113044/http://www.capecodtimes.com/article//20130529/NEWS/305290334</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Brennan, George (2013-07-19). "Goodbye, MMR. Hello, Joint Base Cape Cod". Cape Cod Times. Archived from the original on 2013-07-21. Retrieved 2013-07-19. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130721121223/http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130719%2FNEWS%2F307190337%2F-1%2FNEWS11" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130721121223/http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130719%2FNEWS%2F307190337%2F-1%2FNEWS11</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>USCG Air Station Cape Cod Official Site <a href="http://www.uscg.mil/d1/units/ascapecod/" target="_blank">http://www.uscg.mil/d1/units/ascapecod/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Otis ANG and MMR Archived 2007-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Official website <a href="http://www.maotis.ang.af.mil/oangb-mmr.htm" target="_blank">http://www.maotis.ang.af.mil/oangb-mmr.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Otis ANG and MMR Archived 2007-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Official website <a href="http://www.maotis.ang.af.mil/oangb-mmr.htm" target="_blank">http://www.maotis.ang.af.mil/oangb-mmr.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Ziezulewicz, Geoff (2023-04-13). "Deputy defense secretary to troops: Don't share classified information". Navy Times. Retrieved 2023-04-14. <a href="https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2023/04/13/deputy-defense-secretary-to-troops-dont-share-classified-information/" target="_blank">https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2023/04/13/deputy-defense-secretary-to-troops-dont-share-classified-information/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Evan Perez, Jeremy Herb, Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen and Kevin Liptak, CNN (13 Apr 2023) FBI arrests 21-year-old Air Force guardsman in Pentagon leak case <a href="https://us.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/us-government-intel-leak/index.html" target="_blank">https://us.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/us-government-intel-leak/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Ziezulewicz, Geoff (2023-04-13). "Deputy defense secretary to troops: Don't share classified information". 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