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  • Sponsors critical to mission success

    Sponsorship is one of the most important duties an Air Force member will perform during his or her career. As the busy PCS season approaches, ensuring Hanscom sponsors are ready and trained to help our new arrivals is vital to the mission. Newcomers settle in faster and with less stress when

  • A Self-help Guide to Fundraising

    Private organizations and unofficial activities are self-sustaining special interest groups, set up by people acting exclusively outside the scope of any official capacity as officers, employees, or agents of the Federal Government. They operate on Air Force installations with the written consent of

  • Resources available to combat Shaken Baby Syndrome

    The National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome reports that every in year in the United States an estimated 1,200 to 1,400 children are injured or killed by shaking. The actual numbers may be much higher as many cases go undetected. Research on physical abuse suggests that 59 percent of all child abuse

  • Promoting awareness through action

    The month of April is recognized nationally as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, created to raise awareness and promote the prevention of sexual violence in America. In a speech to the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Leadership Summit in November, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A.

  • Center team works to connect new fighters, bomber

    An airborne networking team here is working to connect low-observable aircraft such as the F-22, F-35 and B-2 with each other, and with the rest of the force. These aircraft rely on a number of technological advantages to defeat adversaries and accomplish their missions. Not the least of those

  • Retired Chief Fisk headlines Heritage of Freedom event April 15

    One of the most decorated Air Force enlisted members from the Vietnam era will highlight the next Heritage of Freedom Speaker Series April 15 at 4 p.m. in the Minuteman Club ballroom. Chief Master Sgt. Wayne Fisk, who participated in the 1970 raid on Son Tay prison in North Vietnam as well as in the

  • Hanscom to host 29th annual Retiree Day April 25

    The Hanscom AFB Retiree Activities Office invites military retirees and their spouses to attend its 29th Annual Military Retiree Day on April 25. The event will be held at the Minuteman Club with an Information Services Session from 10 to 11:15 a.m. Military retirees from all ranks and services are

  • School, camp physical season has begun

    In Massachusetts, children ages 4 to 17 are required to undergo physical exams for initial enrollment in school, enrollment in most summer camps, and participation in sports programs, which also require updated physicals every 13 months. The 66th Medical Group's school physical season will begin

  • Hanscom celebrates Month of Military Child

    April is the Month of the Military Child, a time to recognize the sacrifices and contributions made by the youngest members of the military family. "Our military children are extraordinary," said Roxane Dietrich, 66th Services Squadron, Family Members Program flight chief. "Being a military child is