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,

Olson looks at past, to future following 34-year AF career

As Maj. Gen. Craig S. Olson, program executive officer for Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks, prepares to retire from the Air Force after 34 years of service, he said he never anticipated the journey working out in the "amazing" way it has.An interest in airplanes is what

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,

Hanscom cyber initiatives: ISN/IPN Pathfinder program moves to consolidate data centers

The Air Force plans to consolidate server farms and data centers into a single facility at every base across the globe.Known as an Installation Service Node/Installation Processing Node, or ISN/IPN, the centralized location will offer a shared computing and storage infrastructure to host core

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

Photo feature: This week at Hanscom, April 15

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

Improving searches for intel information

A small research and support office here that enables warfighters to get intelligence information quicker and easier is celebrating the 11th anniversary of fielding software and plans to demonstrate the current level of innovation by participating in several upcoming events.The Distributed Common

Next Focus Week begins April 25

The next Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Focus Week will take place here and via distance learning April 25 to 29.As with previous focus weeks, offerings include a wide range of topics covering general to technical subjects. Some courses to be presented this session are "Acquisition Strategy