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  • Volunteers needed for Halloween Watch

    It's that time of year again when children dress up as their favorite super hero, fairy-tale princess or ghoulish monster and go door to door for sweet, tasty treats. It's also that time of year when parents should be especially aware of the dangers associated with Halloween. The 66th Security

  • Delivery order award continues protection for deployed troops

    The Life Cycle Management Center's Force Protection program office recently awarded a $27.3 million delivery order to ensure the safety of deployed service members.The Air Forces Central Command operational readiness support delivery order was awarded to L-3 National Security Solutions and will

  • Winter fitness testing procedures

    66th Force Support Squadron officials have announced a new winter physical fitness assessment schedule beginning Nov. 4. Assessments will take place Monday through Thursday at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., as well as noon, with six testing slots available per session. Indoor track assessments will only be

  • Heritage of Freedom features former POW

    A former prisoner of war is the scheduled guest speaker during the next Heritage of Freedom event at the Hanscom Conference Center Oct. 24 at 2:30 p.m. Air Force retired Lt. Col. Barry B. Bridger is a highly decorated veteran and survivor of six years in Vietnam's infamous "Hanoi Hilton" prison

  • National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations Joint Drug Enforcement Team along with the 66th Security Forces Squadron and 66th Medical Squadron Pharmacy will participate in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The collection is in the Army and Air Force

  • AFNet migration begins Nov. 18

    Computer users here will soon migrate into a central Air Force Network, or AFNet. Beginning Nov. 18 and continuing for six weeks, technicians will begin migrating workstations, network users, and email into the AFNet. The goal of this project is to collapse all individual or stand-alone Air Force,

  • AFMC officials share civilian pay update after shutdown

    Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Financial Management officials outlined Oct. 8 the pay and entitlement discrepancies civilian employees should anticipate on upcoming paychecks due to the recent government shutdown.The following listing distinguishes civilian categories and what employees

  • Most AF civilians to return to work

    In accordance with a memo Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel released Oct. 5, the Air Force will recall most of the nearly 104,000 Air Force civilian Airmen placed on emergency furlough due to government shutdown. However, a significant number will not yet be able to return.In his memo, Hagel stated that

  • Battle Management PEO provides organization overview and update

    The program executive officer for Battle Management presented an overview of his organization, an outlook for the upcoming year and current trends for the portfolio during the Hanscom Representatives Association meeting Sept. 27 at Waxy O'Connor's.One message Steve Wert highlighted was that