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  • Tuskegee Airmen honored at bridge dedication

    Members of the community, including the Patriot Honor Guard, came together July 17 to dedicate a bridge over Morton Street in Dorchester on American Legion Highway to honor the many contributions made by the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.Last spring, Mayor Thomas M. Menino provided the

  • Hanscom makes fit families a focus

    For the past several years, Hanscom has been helping families get out and get fit courtesy of the Air Force's FitFamily program. With many more events in the works, staff at the Fitness and Sports Center as well as the Youth Center are reaching out for more family participation. "The Air Force wants

  • Library closing, computer access still available

    The library will be repurposing its facility starting July 23 in preparation for the Hanscom STARBASE program arriving this SeptemberSTARBASE is a youth educational program sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. Students participate in "hands-on, minds-on"

  • Wolfenbarger sets the stage at commander’s call

    Air Force Materiel Command commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger laid out her expectations and the command's priorities in a commander's call here July 16. The general was on base to officiate the transition of the Electronic Systems Center to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. In expressing

  • ESC becomes part of AFLCMC; Mission work remains at Hanscom

    The Electronic Systems Center officially became part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center during a ceremony here July 16.Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, officiated the ceremony. The change is part of an AFMC effort that consolidates the command's number of

  • Retiring ESC commander recalls career highlights

    During a career day assignment in the eighth grade, one student wrote a goal for twenty years in the future that turned out to be close to reality.Col. Mark Spillman, Electronic Systems Center commander, wrote that fateful day that he would be a colonel and test pilot in the U.S. Air Force. "My

  • Feds Feed Families food drive underway

    Food banks across the country are facing severe shortages of non-perishable items, just as summer begins and children are left without school nutrition programs. Hanscom volunteers are organizing a food collection for the 2012 Feds Feed Families food drive campaign with the placement of marked