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  • AFMC to focus on Comprehensive Airman Fitness

    As part of its commitment to take care of Airmen and their families, Air Force Materiel Command is embracing the Comprehensive Airman Fitness philosophy established by Headquarters Air Force.CAF provides a framework through which the Air Force can deliver relevant programs and services more

  • Feds Feed Families food drive underway

    The Greater Boston Food Bank's mission is to End Hunger Here. According to their website, their objective is to distribute enough food to provide at least one meal a day to those in need.The GBFB is facing severe shortages of non-perishable items, just as summer begins and children are left without

  • "Team Hanscom" walks for research

    "Team Hanscom," formerly known as "The Real Housewives of Hanscom," is walking 26.2 miles for the second year in a row to raise money for pediatric low grade brain tumors during the Jimmy Fund Walk Sept. 8.The group of dedicated participants from Hanscom joined together last year to walk and raise

  • Northeast region military youth of the year named

    A soon-to-be Alabama State University freshmen and Massachusetts Military Youth of the Year, Tia McKinney-Burgess, recently competed in New York City at the regional Boys and Girls Club of America Military Youth of the Year competition.During her speech to the judges during the Regional competition

  • Air Force changes military funeral honors requirements

    Due to the impact sequestration has on resources, Air Force Services is adjusting requirements for military funeral honors of retirees. Air Force policy will revert to requiring a minimum of two personnel for retiree MFH details, consistent with statute and Department of Defense policy. The Air

  • New visitor sponsorship procedures

    Air Force Materiel Command recently published a supplement to Air Force Instruction 31-113 which details access control procedures for Air Force Installations. The new guidance increases safety and security for all who work and live on Hanscom AFB by changing visitor sponsorship procedures for AFMC

  • Deployed Hanscom NCO helps lead self-defense course

    When faced by an attacker, sometimes the only means of defense are one's instincts and ability to fight back. To hone those instincts, deployed service members are armed with basic, defensive fighting skills at the weekly Check Six combatives classes offered at the 379th Air Expeditionary

  • Parade, heroes homecoming set for July 23

    More than 70 Airmen who have returned home from deployment since January, along with their family members, will be honored during this summer's Heroes Homecoming at 1:30 p.m. on July 23 at Memorial Park located behind the Medical Clinic. The event begins with a parade beginning from the Hanscom

  • Installation commander outlines Friday furlough schedule

    This week most civilian employees here will start taking mandatory one-day-per-week furloughs to help reduce budgetary shortfalls brought on by sequestration. The installation commander has designated Fridays as the observed furlough day for the vast majority of civilian employees. The furloughs are