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  • Fitness Center offers Healthy Heart Bingo

    Fitness is even more fun at the Sports and Fitness Center this month. Throughout February, the fitness center is sponsoring Healthy Heart Bingo, a new fitness program. Healthy Heart Bingo participants will be assigned a Bingo card by a member of the fitness center staff and will be responsible for checking the fitness center for the daily Bingo
  • HANSCOM AFB, Mass. – The Electronic Systems Center Contracting Office hosted a pre-Super Bowl party on Jan. 31 in the atrium of the O’Neill Building. The party featured entertainment from the Air Force Band of Liberty’s rock group, Afterburner and a chili cook off. The Wingman event allowed attendees to socialize and show their team pride. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jan Abate)

    Wingmen celebrate team pride

  • HANSCOM AFB, Mass. – Army Specialist Crystal Pakizer (left), animal care specialist, cleans Military Working Dog Paco’s teeth on Jan. 30 while the dog’s handler Chief Petty Officer John Harris (right) looks on. The procedure was performed at the 66th Medical Group Dental Clinic and dental clinic staff assisted with the procedure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

    A 'K-9' cleaning

  • HANSCOM AFB, Mass. – The 66th Air Base Wing hosted Steak Night at the Minuteman Club Jan. 29. Pictured here from left to right, Mike Means, Minuteman Club chef, watches as Col. Tom Schluckebier, 66th Air Base Wing commander grills up the steaks and Chief Master Sgt. Karen McCoy, command chief for the Electronic Systems Center and 66 ABW, and Col. Jeff Mayo, 66 ABW vice commander prepare to serve up the grilled feast. Steak night takes place every Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Minuteman Club. For more information on Steak Night or other Club activities call (781) 377-3799. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Wyatt)

    Sizzlin' fun at Steak Night

  • HANSCOM AFB, Mass. – Col. Tom Schluckebier (left), 66th Air Base Wing commander, signs the Black History Month proclamation while Capt. Robert Brown, 850th Electronic Systems Group looks on. Throughout February the base community is invited to attend the many events and activities planned to recognize and celebrate the achievements and contributions of black Americans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Wyatt)

    Hanscom celebrates Black History Month

    February is Black History Month -- a national celebration of black Americans' contributions to society. Established in 1976, Black History Month evolved from Negro History Week, which was established in 1926 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a noted black author and scholar. This year's theme is, "Carter G. Woodson and the Origins of Multiculturalism," in
  • Vicky Carlson, far left, Tammy Dennis and Capt. Courtney Finkbeiner, 66th Medical Operations Squadron Health Care integrator and deputy chief nurse, listen as Tech. Sgt. Derrick Brewer, 66 MDG Education and Training noncommissioned officer in charge, describes some of the skills the 66th Medical Group nurses and medical technicians cultivate while working at the Veterans Affairs Boston Health Care System in West Roxbury, Mass. Mrs. Carlson and members of the Hanscom Spouses Club toured the hospital Jan. 28 as part of Mrs. Carlson’s official visit to Hanscom with her husband, Gen. Bruce Carlson, Air Force Materiel Command commander.

    Medical partnership cultivates readiness

    Nurses and medical technicians from the 66th Medical Group have been honing their essential wartime medical skills by helping patients and working with health care professionals at the Veteran's Affairs Boston Health Care System hospital in West Roxbury, Mass. A training affiliation agreement between the 66 MDG and the VA allows active-duty,
  • HANSCOM AFB, Mass. – Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander of the Air Force Materiel Command (center), Electronic Systems Center Commander Lt. Gen. Ted Bowlds and Brig. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, AFMC director of Intelligence and Requirements and Special Assistant for Command Transformation, listen to a Hanscom briefer Monday. General Carlson, his wife, Vicki, and General Wolfenbarger came to Hanscom Monday and Tuesday to discuss a number of significant issues with center personnel. Among the topics covered: AFSO 21 progress; Hanscom’s vigorous Voluntary Protection Program efforts; and a status updated on how the reorganization of ESC into wings, groups and squadrons has been working out. General Carlson has planned visits to each of his major product centers to discuss these and other issues and to get a first-hand look at how leaders and staff members are responding to change initiatives and personnel development programs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

    Four-Star Focus

  • HANSCOM AFB, Mass. – Members of Hanscom’s Voluntary Protection Program team traveled to Boston Jan. 24 for a Meet and Greet session hosted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Pictured here from right to left, VPP team members Galen Williams, 554th Electronic Systems Wing, TSgt. Corina Carrillo and SrA James Annison, 66th Comptrollers Squadron, Ed Luna, 66th Services Squadron and John Federici, 66th Mission Support Group, listen to one of the sessions’ briefings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jan Abate)

    Meet and greet offers insight into VPP certification

    As Hanscom moves forward in its journey to achieve Voluntary Protection Program Star certification, base leadership and personnel traveled to the JFK Building in Boston on Jan. 24 to listen to and ask questions of the people who will be inspecting its safety program to determine if the base has met the requirements to earn VPP Star status. The

  • HAWC offers comprehensive health programs

    Many people's resolutions for the new year include achieving better health and fitness. Staying motivated to accomplish these goals, however, can be challenging. The Health and Wellness Center offers wellness services through the Civilian Health Promotion Program, an Air Force Materiel Command-wide program designed to improve civilians' health and

  • ESC system provides broader global logistics view

    The 754th Electronic Systems Group Integrated Logistics Systems Supply team here reached a significant milestone in converting 100 bases from an older a legacy system to the modern Enterprise Solution-Supply earlier this month. The legacy system, known as MASS, is used for locating and redistributing spare parts needed to repair mission impaired
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