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  • Vehicle excise tax, service member exemptions

    All residents of Massachusetts who register a motor vehicle or trailer in the Commonwealth must pay an annual motor vehicle excise tax, levied by the city or town in which the vehicle is principally garaged.

  • Air Force to radically reduce instructions

    Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced the Air Force will rescind, review and rewrite the more than 1,300 Air Force Instructions over the next 24 months in order to allow greater flexibility and mission focus.

  • Hickey reflects on tenure at Hanscom

    With only a handful of days left in her tenure as the installation’s senior enlisted member, Chief Master Sgt. Patricia Hickey recently reflected on her nearly two years as Hanscom’s command chief.

  • Team Hanscom awards presented

    Base officials recognized members of the workforce during a quarterly awards ceremony at the base conference center here Aug. 3.

  • Air Force senior leaders unveil new priorities

    In a recent letter to the Total Force, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright released their new priorities and addressed issues Airmen face day to day.

  • AF Ball to celebrate 70 years

    The Hanscom community is invited to attend an Air Force Ball celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Air Force at the Boston Marriot in Burlington, Massachusetts, Sept. 15.

  • Total Force Airmen can now manage their life insurance online

    JOINT BASE SAN-ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Airmen no longer need paper forms to manage their Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, thanks to the new SGLI Online Enrollment System, or SOES.SGLI provides automatic life insurance coverage of $400,000 to service members when they enter the service.

  • August promotions announced

    Officials from the 66th Force Support Squadron recently announced the names of Airmen assigned here that will promote to the next highest rank in August.

  • AF offers high year of tenure extensions to retain experienced Airmen

    The Air Force is offering high year of tenure extensions to active-duty Airmen in certain shortage Air Force Specialty Codes and grades effective Aug. 1. High year of tenure, or HYT, refers to the maximum number of years enlisted Airmen in each grade may remain on active duty.  This voluntary