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  • Fitness assessment schedule in effect April 1

    The 66th Force Support Squadron Fitness Assessment Cell has issued guidance on how fitness assessments will be conducted during spring, summer, and fall weather conditions here, in accordance with Air Force Instruction 36-2905.Like during the winter months, the weather can be unpredictable in New

  • AFMC strategic plan to help carry Air Force to Third Offset

    Agility and innovation are cornerstones of a new Air Force Materiel Command strategic plan that will deliver war-winning capabilities. Those capabilities will propel the Air Force as a key element of the future national defense strategy known as the Third Offset.The first "offset" came in in the

  • Olson to speak at ROTC awards luncheon

    Major General Craig Olson, C3I and Networks program executive officer, will address a Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship luncheon at the Doubletree Hotel in Bedford, Massachusetts, April 8 at 11:30 a.m.The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Lexington Concord Chapter and

  • AFAF campaign starts March 21

    The 2016 Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign will take place here March 21 through April 29. The goal for this year's Hanscom campaign is $39,552.The AFAF is an Air Force-wide annual fundraising campaign to assist past and present Airmen and their families through unexpected challenges and financial

  • Base to host military retiree information session, luncheon

    Retired service members from all branches of the military are invited to attend a Military Retiree Appreciation Day scheduled April 22 at the Minuteman Commons.This year's event will begin with an Information Services session from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., followed by a luncheon. Military retirees,

  • Team Hanscom annual award winners announced

    Military and civilian Airmen were recognized in 16 categories during the Team Hanscom Annual Awards Ceremony at the Hanscom Conference Center March 15.More than 60 nominees from across the installation competed. Among the organizations included are the 319th Recruiting Squadron, 66th Air Base Group,

  • Air Force IT Conference returns … with addition of ‘cyberpower’

    The Air Force Information Technology Conference held annually in Montgomery, Alabama, but cancelled in 2012 and following years due to budget constraints is returning to the capital city in 2016 as the rebranded Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Conference.The AFITC Conference will be

  • Sleep is serious: Catch your Zzzs

    "BEEP. BEEP. BEEP." The alarm is blaring. Time to get up. Do you hit "snooze"? ... What's in a "Zzz"?On average, we spend 33 percent of our lives ... asleep. When assessing your overall health, have you considered your sleep habits?Sleep hygiene, as researchers call it, involves a variety of