2/22/2012 - HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Lt. Gen. CR Davis (middle), Electronic Systems Center commander, and senior leaders from across the base, congratulate Airman Leadership School Class 12B graduates during the graduation ceremony at the Minuteman Commons Feb. 17. By completing ALS, 12 Airmen and Coast Guardsmen took the next step of professional military education. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rick Berry)

2/22/2012 - HANSCOM AIR FORC E BASE, Mass. – Eva Alpar, Rett Genatempo, Katelyn Miller and Rebecca McIllece practice singing recently at Hanscom Middle School. These four students were selected to participate in the MMEA Eastern Massachusetts District Junior Music Festival. After auditions of 1,040 students from 135 public and private schools, 480 students from grades seven through nine were selected to participate in this event. They will rehearse with guest conductors and then perform in a concert at Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School on March 17. Eva Alpar and Rett Genatempo will sing with the mixed choir and Katelyn Miller and Rebecca McIllece will sing with the treble choir. (Courtesy photo)

2/22/2012 - DRACUT, Mass. – Chief Master Sgt. Baird Stiefel, 66th Air Base Group superintendent, signs autographs for students at Brookside Elementary Feb. 14. Chief Stiefel, along with other Airman from Hanscom and representatives from the Lowell Spinners, UMass Lowell hockey and more, visited the school and collected Valentine’s Day cards to deliver to Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford as part of the annual "National Salute to Veteran Patients." (Courtesy photo)

2/22/2012 - HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – (from left to right) Tech. Sgt. Damion Daniels, Lt. Theron Brower, Dr. Quincy Mosby and Shannon Hutchins participate in the African American Heritage Month trivia game at the Minuteman Commons Feb. 16. Kevin Geaney, a member of the AAHM committee, read the questions about famous African Americans throughout history to those in attendance. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Mark Herlihy)