Food drive coming to a close

The initial goal for Hanscom was to collect 1,000 pounds of food for the 2012 Feds Feed Families food drive. With just three weeks left, the installation has already collected more than four times that amount, with donations to date totaling 4,360 pounds. Although the 2012 Feds Feed Families food

Start preparing for hurricane season now

Hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. For southern New England, however, August through September is the most active period. The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Boston offers the following information to prepare for a potential hurricane. Since 1900, a total of 33 of the 49

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

Honor heroes during upcoming homecoming celebration; New end-of-summer festival immediately follows

The entire Hanscom community will have a chance to say thanks to approximately 80 servicemembers who have returned home from deployment since January, along with their families, as part of Heroes Homecoming Aug. 30 at 1:30 p.m. in the parking lot behind the Outdoor Recreation facility. At the

Photo feature: This week at Hanscom, Aug. 2

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