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  • Secretary of the Air Force urges innovation in software acquisition model

    The process used by the Air Force to acquire software is archaic and needs to modernize now if the service is to win in a peer-to-peer conflict, said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson.The secretary made those observations and gave a glimpse into the future of software acquisition during her

  • AFMC history office plays key role in OCP emblem-to-patch conversion

    Since early recorded history, warring tribes often carried banners or flags marked with emblems to represent factions and motivate their warriors to fight for the cause. It is to this historical tradition that we can trace the evolution of military emblems and patches. As the Air Force begins

  • Residency and income tax relief

    Among many other protections, the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act, or SCRA, provides military taxpayers with relief from double state income taxation.

  • Financial managers tally ten center awards

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Ten financial managers from Air Force Life Cycle Management Center-Hanscom earned annual awards for keeping the books on weapons system acquisitions and Foreign Military Sales this year. Center officials announced the awards during the sixth annual ceremony, on base,

  • Technicians to test tactical weather systems at new engineering facility

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – A Weather Engineering Facility opening Sept. 5 will give engineers the ability to test and improve nine weather systems used on military installations throughout the world. The WEF, resembling rows of increasingly complex antennae and radar domes, gives Hanscom’s

  • Tickets on sale for Combat Dining In

    This year’s Combat Dining In will take place Sept. 14 at 3:30 p.m. on the softball field behind the Fitness Center for members of the community here.

  • Update on the AF Publication Reduction Initiative

    A year ago, Air Force leadership directed a 24-month review of every Air Force directive publication, and today they announced the elimination of more than 226 publications and almost 4,795 compliance items.