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  • The Air Force revises Air Force Instruction 36-2903 to address differences in hair density and texture June 25, 2021. When hair is secured behind the head, the hair may extend six inches to the left and to the right and six inches protruding from the point where the hair is gathered. The 12-inch total width must allow for proper wear of headgear. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

    Air Force readdresses women’s hair standard after feedback

    The change addresses feedback received since the previous guidance was originally published. Specifically, women voiced concerns over difficulty related to securing hair in a manner that does not extend beyond the head.
  • The 66th Comptroller Squadron at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., support finance customers through the Air Force Comptroller Services Portal. Customers can submit, track, and review queries through the portal and will be notified every time a technician works their request. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Lauren Russell)

    Comptroller Service Portal available for customers

    The 66th Comptroller Squadron here continues to support finance customers through the Air Force Comptroller Services Portal. The portal, introduced last year, enables everyday Air Force users to submit, review and track service queries for military, civilian and travel pay directly to finance technicians. It also allows contracting specialists and others to do the same for professional accounting needs.
  • New BX Express mart to open soon

    New BX Express mart to open soon

    The new convenience-style express mart at the main Base Exchange here is on track to open for business by Aug. 1. Visitors to the BX can’t miss the fenced-off construction area and the new gas pumps and awning in front of the building. But soon the fences will be removed, the pumps turned on, and customers will be able to take advantage of one-stop shopping on Hanscom.
  • June is Pride Month

    Hanscom celebrates Pride, hosts Storytellers event

    Base officials will host a virtual Storytellers event to recognize Pride Month here June 17 at 11:30 a.m. The event will feature speakers from Team Hanscom who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community and will share their personal journeys of being out in the workplace.
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    New AFMC office to drive digital transformation across Air, Space enterprise

    The Air Force Materiel Command has established a new office to manage digital transformation activities across the Air and Space Force enterprise. The 12-member Digital Transformation Office (DTO) will focus on creating a digital governance structure and facilitate on-going and new digital acquisition transformation activities across the enterprise.
  • CDE provides Hanscom civilians professional development opportunities

    Hanscom Toastmasters offering Speechcraft program in July

    The Hanscom Toastmasters Club will conduct an eight-week Speechcraft program beginning in early July for anyone who wishes to improve speaking and leadership skills.
  • Warhawk Innovation Council selects two Airmen ideas

    Warhawk Innovation Council selects two Airmen ideas

    Two 66th Air Base Group Airmen will have their ideas adopted through the squadron innovation fund program following the results of the inaugural Warhawk Innovation Council held here last month.
  • Team Hanscom celebrates the Class of 2020

    Hanscom Legal offers estate planning services

    The Hanscom Legal Office can assist active duty service members, dependents, or military retirees in creating a will with a free and simple process.
  • A F-16 Fighting Falcon flies during a mission at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida in Feb. 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Raven)

    Hanscom mission planning team supports JADC2 through agile software development

    In an effort to facilitate Joint All-Domain Command and Control, a team at Hanscom recently demonstrated a new agile cloud-based aircraft mission planning application. JOMS Core Mission Planning, or JOMS CMP, is an aircraft transit planning software that leverages CloudOne to identify users and shape the mission planning environment for that individual planner.
  • CDE provides Hanscom civilians professional development opportunities

    Test workshop brings focus to C4I testing

    In an effort to inform Hanscom-area acquisition professionals about test efforts and capabilities, the 96th Cyberspace Test Group, Detachment 1, located here, will host a virtual test workshop June 8 at 1 p.m. The event is part of a quarterly series of workshops offered by the detachment, each with a different theme. This quarter’s theme is Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence systems testing. 
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