Otis Air National Guard Base

Otis Air National Guard Base
Part of Joint Base Cape Cod
Near Mashpee, Massachusetts in the United States of America
Personnel from the 102nd Security Forces Squadron, part of the Massachusetts Air National Guard's 102nd Intelligence Wing based at Otis ANGB.
Personnel from the 102nd Security Forces Squadron, part of the Massachusetts Air National Guard's 102nd Intelligence Wing based at Otis ANGB.
Otis ANGB is located in Massachusetts
Otis ANGB
Otis ANGB
Otis ANGB is located in the United States
Otis ANGB
Otis ANGB
Otis ANGB is located in North America
Otis ANGB
Otis ANGB
Otis ANGB is located in North Atlantic
Otis ANGB
Otis ANGB
Otis ANGB is located in Earth
Otis ANGB
Otis ANGB
Coordinates41°39′31″N 070°31′17″W / 41.65861°N 70.52139°W / 41.65861; -70.52139 (Otis ANGB)
TypeAir National Guard Base
Site information
OwnerDepartment of Defense
OperatorUS Air Force (USAF)
Controlled byMassachusetts Air National Guard
ConditionOperational
Websitewww.102iw.ang.af.mil/
Site history
Built1938 (1938)
In use1938 – present
Garrison information
Garrison102nd Intelligence Wing
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: FMH, ICAO: KFMH, FAA LID: FMH, WMO: 725060
Elevation39.6 metres (130 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
14/32 2,895.9 metres (9,501 ft) Asphalt/Concrete
05/23 2,438.4 metres (8,000 ft) Asphalt/Concrete
Airfield element of base transferred to the control of the US Coast Guard in 2006 and is now known as Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station.
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Otis Air National Guard Base (IATA: FMH, ICAO: KFMH, FAA LID: FMH) is an Air National Guard installation located within Joint Base Cape Cod, a military training facility located on the western portion of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It was known as Otis Air Force Base prior to its transfer from the active duty Air Force to the Air National Guard. In the local community, it is more commonly known as Otis Air Base or simply Otis. It was named in honor of pilot and Boston surgeon Lt. Frank "Jesse" Otis.

Today major units include the Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Coast Guard Base Cape Cod and the 102nd Intelligence Wing. Other units include the wing's 101st Air Operations Squadron, the 253d Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group, the 212th Engineering Installation Squadron, the 267th Combat Communications Squadron, the 202nd Weather Flight, the 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, part of the 29th Infantry Division (Army National Guard), and the Coastal Patrol Squadron 18, Cape Cod Composite Squadron 044-Massachusetts Wing (Civil Air Patrol).

SSgt Nasam Rissvi guards an F-15 at Otis ANGB during a December sunset
  1. ^ "Airport Diagram – Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station (FMH)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. May 21, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.