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  • ESC Small Business Programs director offers 'free' advice at local forum

    Bill Donaldson offered some 'free' advice to the dozens of small business representatives attending a local forum last week. And the first thing he suggested was to "take advantage of all the free advice that the federal government makes available." "Of course it's not really free," he added. "You're paying for it with your tax dollars." Mr.

  • ESC Focus Area champions take strategic view

    A select group of Electronic Systems Center senior leaders is working to lay the right foundation for successfully and sustainably implementing a list of key focus areas ESC Commander Lt. Gen. Chuck Johnson put forth earlier this year. These champions, named by General Johnson, are charged with leading efforts to continually improve ESC's

  • ESC system nabs 45 tons of narcotics in Afghanistan

    An effort between the 350th Electronic Systems Group and one of its small-business partners has yielded a big pay-off for U.S. and coalition forces waging the Global War on Terror. The Afghanistan-based fusion center they developed has helped officials seize more than 45 tons of narcotics and boosted the related arrest rate by 75 percent. "It is

  • DCGS Integrated Backbone deploys to sites one year ahead of schedule

    Next month the final of five core Air Force Distributed Common Ground System sites will incorporate the DCGS Integrated Backbone, bringing on the DIB deployment one full year ahead of schedule and transforming common technologies into tools that bring added speed and lethality to intelligence data. The Air Force Distributed Common Ground System
  • Senior Airman Nicolas Jackson surveys the area while posted at a Camp Patriot entry control point during the recent Hanscom Base Readiness Exercise. The exercise was held in preparation for the upcoming June Operational Readiness Inspection (U.S. Air Photo by Senior Airman Clint Atkins)

    Readiness skill put to test

  • Hanscom’s Patriot Honor Guard, joined by flag details from other services, present the colors at the Boston Red Sox Opening Day ceremony at Fenway Park April 10. Various volunteers from Hanscom also lined the field that afternoon during the pre-game festivities. The Red Sox entered the bottom of the fifth inning with an 11-1 lead against the Seattle Mariners, winning the game with an overall score of 14-3. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Walter Santos)

    Take me out to the ball game

  • HMS staffer, student recognized by Bedford organization

    A Hanscom Middle School staff member and an HMS student were recognized by the Violence Prevention Coalition of Bedford, Mass., April 10.HMS Social Worker Doreen Maloof and eighth grader Fallon Perreault, 13, received awards during the VPC's 10th anniversary breakfast for fostering the VPC mission that "all forms of violence are unacceptable and

  • Fire Department named best in AFMC two years running

    For the second year in a row, the Hanscom Fire Department has been chosen as the best in the Air Force Materiel Command's small base category. "The Hanscom community is fortunate to have such a highly trained and professional team of firefighters," said Col. Tom Schluckebier, 66th Air Base Wing commander. "It's reassuring to know that these

  • Base command chief reflects on ‘warrior ethos’

    Command Chief Master Sgt. Lisa Sirois, Electronic Systems Center and 66th Air Base Wing command chief, attended a Noncommissioned Officer Forum at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington D.C., recently. At this conference, Air Force leadership emphasized the importance of instilling a warrior ethos mindset among all Airmen. The warrior ethos perspective

  • RAO hosts 27th Annual Retiree Day

    Hanscom's 27th Annual Military Retiree Day, sponsored by the Retiree Activities Office, will be held April 28. Military retirees from all services and ranks and their spouses are invited to attend. The day's festivities will begin with the opening ceremonies, starting at 9 a.m., at the Base Theater, which will include a presentation of the colors,
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