CDC, WAPS study references soon available online only

Airmen studying for career development and promotion opportunities will begin to receive study materials online exclusively.Electronic delivery of Career Development Course volumes and Weighted Airman Promotion System have been in place for several years, with a majority of the materials accessible

'Alert!' mass notification system replaces AtHoc

A new mass notification system will now be used by base officials to notify employees of urgent weather-related information, base closures or delayed openings via phone call, text message or email.The new Air Force Materiel Command-mandated system called "Alert!" replaces AtHoc as the primary means

EES/WAPS briefing team visits Hanscom

Personnel from Headquarters Air Force and the Air Force Personnel Center are scheduled to conduct briefings here July 24 to share information about Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System.During each of the four scheduled briefings, subject matter experts will speak about

Hanscom lab enables connections

Operators of a lab here that helps connect and disseminate command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or C4ISR, elements are collaborating with multiple parties and producing benefits for all.The Tactical Data Networks, or TDN, Lab is located with the

Photo feature: This week at Hanscom, July 10

Teens capture 'legacy' distinction

The Youth Center's Teen Council here recently learned from the Boys and Girls Clubs of America that they achieved a Keystone Legacy Level.The Keystone Legacy Level is the highest level that a Teen Council can attain."This achievement is a first for the Hanscom-based Teen Council, who were required

Hanscom to celebrate heroes' homecoming

Team Hanscom is invited to help welcome home more than 60 service members who have returned from deployment in the past year during the Hanscom Heroes Homecoming celebration to be held here July 23.The event organizer, Bobby Jacques, Hanscom Executive Services chief, hopes to show returning service

SFS captures best in AF for 2014

The 66th Security Forces Squadron here beat out 24 other small SF squadrons throughout the Air Force to earn the distinction as best in the Air Force for 2014, Air Force leaders announced.In 2012 the squadron won the same award, officially named the Air Force Outstanding Security Forces Unit award

School and camp physical season begins

In Massachusetts, children ages 4 to 17 are required to have physicals for initial enrollment in school and in most summer camps. They are also necessary for participation in sports programs, which require updated physicals every 13 months.The clinic will offer school physical appointments Monday

COBRA DANE team moves forward with radar's sustainment plan

The Battle Management program executive officer at Hanscom AFB recently approved a strategy for the sustainment of one of the largest radars in the Air Force's arsenal.The COBRA DANE radar located on Shemya Island, Alaska, stands 120 feet tall, has a 95-foot diameter, detects objects 2,000 miles