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  • Kids, families have fun at VBS

    It's 8:45 a.m. and the entrance hall of the base chapel is starting to fill up with excited children. It's Vacation Bible School time.VBS is a program for kids ages five through fifth grade that incorporates fun with Bible lessons and includes both Protestant and Catholic congregations. This year's

  • Program to improve IT core services achieves key milestone

    An Air Force program that will save money, save energy and improve core information technology services, such as email, has recently met a significant milestone.Hardware to consolidate four regional data processing centers into one area processing center has been delivered, installed and tested at

  • Energy drinks, fruit juices and oral health

    Working a late night shift? Have an essay to finish before the morning? Cannot make it through the day without yawning and rubbing sleepy eyes? Many people reach for an energy drink, a cup of coffee, a glass of tea or maybe a caffeinated soft drink to get that extra boost of energy in order to

  • Hanscom captain wins CGO of the Year

    One of Hanscom's very own captains has won the 2011 Air Force Materiel Command Distinguished Company Grade Officer of the Year award. Capt. Sunil Nair won at the AFMC level after first being recognized as the 2011 CGO of the year for his division, then continuing on to win at the former Electronic

  • Parade, homecoming, festival and fireworks set for Aug. 30

    More than 80 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 Aug. 30 in the parking lot behind the Outdoor Recreation facility. Following Heroes Homecoming, the entire Hanscom

  • Three buildings named winners in energy competition

    When participants from three different office buildings were asked, "How low can you go?" they knew it wasn't for a limbo contest, but a serious challenge to reduce weekend energy consumption. Buildings 1624, 1606 and 1305 were all named as winners during the latest energy competition here. The

  • Hanscom youth enter video contest

    The Air Force Teen Council (AFTC) is hosting a team video contest, and the council with the most "likes" wins. Youth were asked to create an item that deployed members would find useful in their everyday life. The catch was that it had to be made out of duct tape.The Hanscom Youth Center worked as a

  • Hanscom employee takes OPSEC to national level

    Valerie Simpson, a division security manager, was recently elected as vice president of the Operations Security Professionals Society. She is the first female elected to serve the society in its 22-year history. According to Simpson, she is one of only 18 lifetime certified operations security