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  • 'Commitment to Caring' encourages donations

    With only days remaining in this year's Hanscom Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign, organizers ask those who have not yet contributed to consider making a monetary donation before May 1.The theme for this year's campaign is "Commitment to Caring" and the base's monetary goal is $33,127. Base

  • Hanscom to celebrate Arbor Day April 30

    Base civil engineers will celebrate the 28th anniversary of Arbor Day with a tree planting ceremony April 30.This year's tree planting ceremony will take place at 1 p.m., near the 66th Medical Squadron and the temporary Middle School. All personnel working at Hanscom are invited to attend and help

  • Motorcycle training offered to base personnel

    Each year motorcycle-related deaths plague the Air Force. Since Oct. 1, 2014, the Air Force has had eight motorcycle-related fatalities. That trend, if it continues, may surpass last year's total of 14 fatalities.To help curb that trend, the 66th Air Base Group Safety Office has built an extensive

  • AF acquisition: Investing now to win the high-end fight of the future

    How does Dr. William LaPlante, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, apply his 29 years of defense technology experience to improve a $32 billion research, development and acquisition portfolio? That is the question he sought to answer.LaPlante had recently completed a meeting

  • Operating Unmanned Aircraft Systems safely

    There is a growing interest in "drones" across the country. Technology has advanced to the point where they are fairly inexpensive, relatively easy to fly and widely available. One can find these quadcopters, helicopters and airplanes in just about every shopping mall or hobby store.The government

  • IB 3.1: Building capabilities using the Air Force's IT infrastructure

    The Air Force uses the concept of baselines to describe its IT infrastructure. Three baselines to be precise -- a target baseline, an implementation baseline and an operational baseline.While all baselines are closely related and dependent upon one another, it is the implementation baseline - also

  • Air Force announces new AFMC vice commander

    Air Force officials announced April 16, 2015, the assignment of Maj. Gen. Warren D. Berry as vice commander of Air Force Materiel Command. He is currently the director of logistics at Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Officials also announced the retirement of

  • ABG announces first quarter award winners

    The 66th Air Base Group named their quarterly award winners during an awards ceremony at the Hanscom Conference Center April 17. Members of the group, including friends and family, attended the quarterly ceremony.Col. Michael A. Vogel, 66 ABG commander, and Hanscom Command Chief Master Sgt. Craig A.

  • Reduce the stress from a PCS

    With the moving season fast approaching, officials from the Joint Personal Property Shipping Office Northeast offer several tips to make the process easier for military families facing a permanent change of station.The goal of JPPSO is to provide military families with the necessary information to