Joint Base Cape Cod

[1] Governor James Curley signed the state bill to allocate and purchase land for a military facility, and establishing a formal commission to manage this new state military property and personnel.

After 22,000 acres (8,900 ha; 89 km2; 34 sq mi) of land was secured on Cape Cod, the Massachusetts National Guard began erecting tents and a basic training program in the following year.

The U.S. Air Force constructed the Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS).

PAVE PAWS is designed to detect airborne ballistic missiles and monitor orbiting satellites.

[5] In the 2023 Pentagon document leaks the FBI arrested Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira, cyber transport systems journeyman of the 102nd Intelligence Wing, Joint Base Cape Cod for allegedly uploading Top Secret information to a Discord server,[6][7] and charged with violating the Espionage Act.