Hanscom Air Force Base Update

Colonel Taona A. Enriquez is Commander, 66th Air Base Group, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. The group supports the Air Force acquisition mission, providing base, regional and readiness support for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, three Program Executive Offices, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, a variety of other tenant organizations and a joint-service military housing community. The group also provides direct support to approximately 200 geographically separated units and approximately 130,000 retired military personnel, annuitants and spouses living in the six-state New England and New York area.

Col. Enriquez entered the Air Force in 2001 as a graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Prior to her current position, Col. Enriquez was the Deputy Director of Contracting, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base. In this position, she led a 500 person mission-focused contracting workforce that provided the resources and environment to deliver innovative and agile solutions for the warfighter. She supported Program Executive Officers on more than 300 programs valued at $4 billion