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  • 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

  • School and camp physical season begins

    In Massachusetts, children ages 4 to 17 are required to have physicals for initial enrollment in school and in most summer camps. They are also necessary for participation in sports programs, which require updated physicals every 13 months.The clinic will offer school physical appointments Monday

  • Online medical services now available through MiCare

    The Air Force Medical Service is ready to begin patient registrations for MiCare, the military's online confidential secure messaging service. This system has been shown to significantly reduce the number of phone calls between patients and providers, increase patient satisfaction and save time for