Kessel Run

This article is about the Air Force software development division. For the usage in Star Wars, see Millennium Falcon ยง Kessel Run.
Kessel Run
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Detachment 12
Logo for the Kessel Run project, the shape of the Millennium Falcon
Agency overview
FormedApril 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04)
HeadquartersHanscom Air Force Base
MottoCode. Deploy. Win.
Agency executive
  • Colonel Richard Lopez, Senior Materiel Leader
Parent agencyAir Force Life Cycle Management Center
Websitekesselrun.af.mil

Kessel Run, formally Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Detachment 12, is a United States Air Force software development division, based in Hanscom Air Force Base and Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 2017 by the Defense Innovation Unit in response to the need to modernize legacy Air Force software.