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  • Collaboration key to connectivity

    The Satellite Terminal Program Office here recently collaborated with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the MITRE Corp. and industry partners on testing to improve beyond-line-of-sight communications for contested operations.Last year, Hanscom-sponsored engineers began working to demonstrate that a

  • MWD teams expand explosive detection capability

    Airmen from the 66th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog section, as well as other federal, state and local law enforcement canine teams, participated in a National Odor Recognition Testing pre-test event here March 2 and 3.The two-day training was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol,

  • FBI launches new awareness program for teens

    Today, like never before, violent extremists of all kinds are deliberately targeting our nation's young people with poisonous propaganda, especially in cyberspace, where they are flooding social media with slick recruiting videos and persuasive calls to action. Violent extremist information is only

  • Junior acquirers share knowledge, experience to address challenges

    A group of junior acquisition professionals from across the installation held an event here Feb. 23 to 25 to collaborate on solutions to acquisition challenges.Known throughout the Air Force acquisition community as the Revolutionary Acquisition Techniques Procedures and Collaboration, or RATPAC,

  • Base exercise week may cause delays, interruptions

    The week of March 14 through 18, Hanscom AFB will conduct exercise scenarios to evaluate the installation's readiness and emergency response capabilities.According to organizers, conducting various scenarios during a week allows Hanscom to improve its assessments by testing a variety of items

  • March promotions announced

    Officials from the 66th Force Support Squadron recently announced the names of Team Hanscom Airmen scheduled for promotion to the next highest rank in March.Congratulations to the following promotees:Enlisted PromotionsTo the rank of Airman First ClassJohn D. Miller, Jr., 66th Security Forces

  • Air Force actively monitoring ongoing Zika virus infection

    The Air Force is closely monitoring the emergence of Zika virus infection in the Americas, Oceania, and Africa to help inform and protect Airmen and their families.The Department of Health and Human Services, with its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is leading the U.S. response to