AFAF organizers host kick-off event March 20

The 2015 Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign will get underway with a kick-off event at the Minuteman Commons March 20 at 3:30 p.m. This year's campaign will continue through May 1.The AFAF is an annual fundraising campaign to assist past and present Airmen and their families through unexpected

New Horizons: Life Cycle Management Center plan and future opportunities revealed

With more than 3,000 Air Force programs falling under the Life Cycle Management Center umbrella, Lt. Gen. John Thompson, the center's commander, revealed his plan for the way ahead to an audience that will potentially help the Service reach its goals and deliver needed capabilities to the

Photo feature: This week at Hanscom, March 6

Patient Safety Awareness Week slated for March 8-14

The 66th Medical Squadron will recognize the Patient Safety Awareness Week campaign March 8-14 to promote health care safety to the community. The theme for this year's campaign is "United in Safety."The clinic will engage staff, patients and the community through educational and awareness-building

'Special Program' emerges to combat cyber insider threats

It's not often that the public gets to hear about the Air Force's inner workings when pertaining to highly-classified networks. However, a Special Programs team from Hanscom AFB's Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorate has recently emerged and they've made their

2015 Total-Force Climate Survey slated for March

Total-force Airmen will have an opportunity to express their opinions to Air Force leadership during the 2015 Total Force Climate Survey, slated for March 13-April 27."The purpose of the survey is to assess the opinions and perceptions of Air Force active-duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve

Hanscom Senior NCOs mentor cadets

On the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from some of the top universities in the country learned some of what it takes to succeed after graduating and commissioning as second lieutenants in the Air Force.The cadets from Harvard

Hanscom AFB to have first of two major exercises

During the week of March 16-20, Hanscom AFB will be evaluating its readiness and emergency response during the first of two exercises for calendar year 2015.Organizers say that Hanscom AFB has gone to two major weeklong exercises per year to improve its assessments by testing a variety of topics at

Thompson highlights LCMC during symposium

Spring is a good time to replace smoke alarm batteries

To kick off daylight-saving time, clocks "spring forward" at 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Before many people go to bed Saturday night, they'll change all of the clocks throughout their homes to reflect the time change. The National Fire Protection Association wants to remind everyone that this might also