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  • Tickets on sale for Combat Dining In

    All active duty, Guard, Reserve and retirees are invited to attend the Team Hanscom Combat Dining In Sept. 26 at the Aero Club Hangar.During the event, the Aero Club will be draped with camouflage netting, piles of sandbags and more. The event begins with check-in at the hangar entrance at 5 p.m.

  • Massachusetts at risk for rabies

    Massachusetts is at risk for rabies year round. Rabies is a fairly common viral disease that affects the brain and spinal cord of mammals, including humans, and is spread by an animal bite or scratch. When left untreated, rabies is almost always fatal, which is why it is important to tell a doctor

  • Influenza: Prepare for the upcoming season

    The 66th Medical Squadron has not yet received this year's influenza vaccine; however, the Public Health Office would like to remind Airmen that they can still take measures to protect themselves and their families. The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect

  • New school year begins Sept. 2

    Next week middle-school students will begin the new school year in a recently completed temporary facility that will serve as the Hanscom Middle School until the new 85,000-square-foot permanent facility is completed in 2016.First through 12th grade students' return to school Sept. 2, pre-school and

  • Airman sentenced during court martial

    Airman 1st Class Ray A. Rediger, 66th Force Support Squadron, pled guilty to one charge of wrongful appropriation, one charge and seven specifications of false official statements, and one charge of failure to go during a special court-martial here Aug. 19. After being elected as treasurer of the

  • Call for nominations: Portraits in Courage, Vol. IX

    Nominations are being accepted and reviewed for inclusion in Portraits in Courage, Vol. IX, now through Oct. 13."For seven years now Portraits in Courage has told Airmen's stories of courage, valor and heroism," said Lt. Col. Paul Baldwin, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Engagement

  • Counter-IED Branch receives top AFA award

    A team of Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Branch members from Hanscom will take center stage and receive one of the Air Force Association's top honors during the 2014 Air and Space Conference Award Ceremony in National Harbor, Md., Sept 15.The 12-member C-IED program office, a unit within the

  • VA transition programs offered

    The Department of Veterans Affairs administers a variety of benefits and services that provide financial and other forms of assistance to servicemembers of all branches and their dependents as they transition from wearing the uniform to retirement or separation from the military.At Hanscom AFB, the