Ceremony marks completion of 2-year modernization project

Officials here held a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 21 to mark the completion of a $12.5 million modernization project covering more than 3,700 square feet to Hanscom's Medical Treatment Facility.The project's scope included both administrative and clinical areas in Building 1900, the main medical

SecAF to participate in innovation forum

Health expo scheduled April 27

The 66th Force Support Squadron will host a free Health and Fitness Expo for the entire Hanscom community April 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fitness and Sports Center.Various representatives from on-base helping agencies will be in attendance to provide health screenings, tips, samples,

Many AFMC employees to convert to AcqDemo Pay and Appraisal System

Some 13,000 Air Force Materiel Command personnel have been notified they will transition to the Department of Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) pay system on  June 12, 2016.Local officials have indicated approximately 500 non-bargaining, appropriated-fund

TRICARE to begin Urgent Care pilot program

To increase access to care, the Department of Defense is launching an Urgent Care Pilot Program for TRICARE Prime beneficiaries. This program allows Prime enrollees two visits to a network or TRICARE authorized provider without a referral or prior authorization. The Urgent Care pilot program,

Investigation report determines cause of C-130J crash in October

Air Mobility Command has released the results of an accident investigation that examined what caused the Oct. 2, crash of a C-130J during a takeoff from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, which killed all 11 individuals onboard upon impact and three Afghan Special Reaction Force (ASRF) members on the

Hanscom employee running marathon to raise suicide prevention awareness

A Battle Management program manager assigned here will be raising awareness for suicide prevention in the military while running his first Boston Marathon on Monday.Jeff Price, assigned to the Airspace Mission Planning Systems Division, will run alongside 13 others from a local suicide prevention

Hanscom honors newest chiefs during ceremony

Since 1959, when a fledgling Air Force announced its first promotions to the new rank of chief master sergeant, known then as 'super grades,' enlisted men and women have aspired to reach the service's top one percent.The latest to achieve this milestone are two Air Force Life Cycle Management

ALS graduates take next step

More than 150 friends, family and coworkers of soon-to-be front-line supervisors attended the Airman Leadership School Graduation Banquet here April 8 at the Minuteman Commons.The class, comprised of nine senior airmen and two U.S. Coast Guard petty officers, completed the first step in their

Rice nominated as ANG director

The Massachusetts National Guard is pleased to congratulate Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, on his presidential nomination as lieutenant general, director, Air National Guard, National Guard Bureau, Washington D.C., pending completion of the confirmation process by the United States Senate."I applaud