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  • Acquisition as wargame

    The Pentagon’s Air Force acquisition office challenged teams to protect nearly one million users from dangerous malware during a pilot wargame held June 26-30 at the Hanscom Conference Center here.The wargame scenario was ripped from the headlines and one of the three participating teams were

  • Straight Talk: Child care programs

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – In this latest Straight Talk, I will address child care at the Child Development Center and options when care is not available. Q We have been on the Child Development Center wait list for a long time. Is it possible to review the current priority placement policy

  • Public comments invited on CE project

    The United States Air Force announces the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed highly efficient, low-emitting, combined heat and power cogeneration system to modernize and update Hanscom's current steam plant and grid-purchased

  • Registration open for summer focus week

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – The next Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Focus Week will take place July 24 to 28 and registration is currently open.As in the past, there are both local courses and those available via distance learning through Defense Collaboration Services. Organizers have

  • Hanscom prepares for Heroes Homecoming celebration and B3 event

    Hanscom personnel will help honor more than 40 service members who have returned from deployment in the past year during the Hanscom Heroes Homecoming celebration July 27.Following a private ceremony for the honorees, their families and invited guests, there will be a parade, which is scheduled to

  • New Air Force health mobile app available for patients

    The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new mobile app to connect Airmen and patients to news and information about the AFMS. The new app is a mobile version of the AFMS website, and lets users customize their experience based on the Air Force military treatment facility (MTF) they use. This

  • Hanscom returns to normal operations

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. (July 6, 2017) -- A truck, which had been held for further inspection here following detection of a potentially concerning material, has been cleared and the base has returned to normal operations. The Vandenberg Gate, near Rte. 2A, reopened at approximately 2 p.m.

  • Airmen offered career skills programs

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- The Air Force has recently begun participating in career skills programs which afford eligible Airmen the opportunity to prepare for a post-Air Force career up to six months before separation or retirement. Apprenticeships, on-the-job training, employment