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  • Initiative offers single Airmen off duty activities

    Airmen assigned here can now participate in a Single Airman Programming Initiative that offers off duty trips to single Airmen. The program is open to active duty, Air National Guard and Reserve enlisted and officer Airmen without spouses.Operated locally through the 66th Force Support Squadron,

  • Congratulations to Hanscom's technical sergeant selects

    Air Force officials released the names of 8,446 eligible staff sergeants selected for promotion to technical sergeant June 9.Congratulations to Hanscom's newest technical sergeants.Staff Sgt. Michelle J. Armour, 66th Security Forces SquadronStaff Sgt. Justin S. Beckett, 66th Medical SquadronStaff

  • AF implements automated evaluation, decoration processing via myPers

    Supervisors of active-duty Airmen are now able to initiate, process, track and sign officer and enlisted evaluations using myPers, Air Force Personnel Center officials recently announced.Additionally, supervisors of active-duty members will be able to use myPers to initiate and track decorations as

  • Air Force welcomes new surgeon general

    Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Mark A. Ediger was promoted by Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry O. Spencer, as the 22nd Air Force Surgeon General, in a ceremony today at the Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Va.General Ediger has been the Air Force Deputy Surgeon General since July 2012, and replaces Lt. Gen.

  • Pawlikowski assumes leadership of AFMC

    Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski assumed the top position of the major command responsible for installation support and the technology, acquisition, test and sustainment of the Air Force's current and future weapon systems during a ceremony here June 8.Pawlikowski took the reins of Air Force Materiel Command

  • Always trying to get under your skin

    With warmer weather here, more people are spending time outdoors. Unfortunately, warmer weather means the emergence of ticks whose bite can transmit several infections, including Lyme disease, 66th Medical Squadron officials warn.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly

  • DOD notified of OPM cybersecurity incident

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced June 4 that a recent cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data may have exposed the personal information of current and former federal employees.According to a Defense Department news release, OPM subsequently notified federal government

  • Positive results for recent inspections

    Recent inspections of Hanscom's major units yielded successful outcomes across the board.The 66th Air Base Group had a Unit Effectiveness Inspection, while the Battle Management and Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorates underwent Unit Compliance

  • AF seeks scholarship, fellowship applicants for 2016 programs

    Active-duty Airmen interested in unique developmental opportunities may be eligible for the Olmsted Scholar, White House Fellows and Mansfield Fellowship Exchange programs.The programs offer unique professional career developmental experience for Air Force leaders, according to Kris Hunter, the Air