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  • 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

  • SFS welcomes new commander

    Maj. Brett M. Skates took command of the 66th Security Forces Squadron during a change of command ceremony at the Minuteman Commons here June 23.

  • Hanscom ready to shine during July UEI

    In July Air Force Materiel Command inspectors will be arriving to evaluate the 66th Air Base Group’s ability to perform its mission with a Unit Effectiveness Inspection, or UEI.

  • CENTAUR speaks all languages

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass., -- Personnel at Air Force Life Cycle Management Center-Hanscom are ensuring intelligence can be quickly, securely shared with allies by performing pre-contract market research for maintenance of a program called CENTAUR.The Cross-Domain Enterprise All-Source User

  • Hanscom proves PlugTest acquisition model

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass., -- Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center personnel here completed the first successful Air Force PlugTest of software for Electronic Flight Bags June 9, resulting in a $1.3 million contract award.   PlugTests pit potential contractors against each other by

  • PTSD treatment confronts the trauma behind the disorder

    FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Post-traumatic stress disorder is considered one of the “signature wounds” of the current conflicts in the Middle East. But many people may not know that there are highly effective treatments for this invisible wound being deployed at Air Force hospitals and clinics today. It’s