Hanscom clinic receives AFMC honors

The Hanscom dental clinic, as well as eight individuals from the 66th Medical Squadron, racked up honors from the Air Force Materiel Command Medical Service Awards.The Air Force Medical Service Awards program encompasses 81 individual and team awards.The awards recognize outstanding actions,

Force Support Squadron wins multiple awards

The 66th Force Support Squadron captured three Air Force Materiel Command awards for 2011, including two individual and one team award.Personnel recognized as the best in AFMC were: Senior Airman Jolene M. Johnson, who was named Installation Level Force Support Airman of the Year, and Elise M.

Air Force offering second round of VERA/VSIP; town hall meetings set at Hanscom to provide info

The Air Force is offering a second round of voluntary early retirement authority and voluntary separation incentive pay (VERA/VSIP) beginning Jan. 9.The move is part of the Air Force's continuing effort to meet the Department of Defense requirement to maintain civilian funding at fiscal 2010

Honor Hanscom's heroes next Thursday

Nearly 60 Hanscom personnel, along with their families, will be honored during Heroes Homecoming Jan. 12 and the entire Hanscom community is invited to officially welcome them back. Twice a year the base holds the celebration to honor the sacrifices made by military members who have returned from a

New BAH rates now posted online

The Department of Defense recently published new calendar year 2012 base allowance for housing (BAH) rates, which can be viewed at www.defensetravel.dod.mil/site/bah.cfm. Active duty service members who see a drop in BAH rate for their locality will have their BAH protected thanks to "individual

Scholarships, experience available for teen council members

Opportunity, experience and scholarships are just a few of the things that may result from participating in Hanscom's Teen Council, a program designed to increase and improve communication between senior leaders and teens, cultivate civic leadership and improve the quality of life for youth.

2011 Year in Review

Take a look back at important moments at Hanscom throughout 2011.View the slideshow

Photo feature: This week at Hanscom, Dec. 21

Heroes Homecoming set for Jan. 12

Lots of fanfare and celebration will surround this year's Heroes Homecoming event, taking place at the Aero Club Hangar Jan. 12 at noon. Any military member who has returned from deployment in the past six months is invited to take part and the entire Hanscom community is invited to welcome back

Base to maintain readiness despite ORI cancellation

Air Force Materiel Command officials have approved the cancellation of the full-scale Operational Readiness Inspection at Hanscom, which had been scheduled for spring 2012. Lt. Col. Scott Pierce, 66th Air Base Group Inspector General, was quick to explain that this does not mean that our readiness