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  • Improved support for wounded warriors coming to Hanscom

    Hanscom service members referred for medical evaluation boards after July 1, 2011, will go through a new Disability Evaluation System that integrates the processes of the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.The Integrated Disability Evaluation System, or IDES, provides a more seamless

  • Protect from ticks during spring

    Officials at the 66th Medical Squadron are warning base personnel to be aware of ticks. People who spend a lot of time outdoors or have pets that go outdoors should pay attention to make sure they have not picked up these creatures. Ticks are relatives of spiders and survive by eating blood from

  • Integrated system to enhance personnel, pay processes

    After more than a year and a half of rigorous planning, the team working to acquire the new Air Force Integrated Personnel and Pay System (AF-IPPS) is confident the program's on the right track and prepared to move toward a summer request for proposal. The AF-IPPS team held a very successful

  • Club transitioning to community center

    Changes to the Minuteman Club are coming late this summer. Keeping in step with trends at other military installations, the club is expanding to a community center and officials hope it will become the hub of the base."For years we've been trying to revive the Minuteman Club," said Vic Hayes, 66th

  • Base personnel encouraged to bike to work next week

    Hanscom Air Force Base, along with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, will partner with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to celebrate Bay State Bike Week, May 14 through 20."This year we are participating in the annual Bay State Bike Week," said Greg Cravedi, from Hanscom's Environmental

  • Groups discuss what Hanscom cares about

    Last week more than 40 people gathered at the Hanscom Conference Center to share their thoughts and opinions during Hanscom's first Caring for People forum. The goal: identify, develop and prioritize issues that affect their personal and professional lives and identify these to leadership.Volunteers

  • Deployable air traffic control system acquisition strategy set

    Following an April 27 acquisition strategy decision, the Electronic Systems Center is now looking at a late-August request for proposal seeking bidders to develop a new deployable air traffic control system. A draft RFP for industry comment on the Deployable Radar Approach Control, or D-RAPCON,

  • ESC trifecta will enable autonomous Iraqi air defense

    Because a strong Iraqi air force capable of flying and fighting starts with a solid foundation of planning and control of forces, an Electronic Systems Center team has taken on three major projects of an ESC master plan to ensure the Iraqi air force is capable of providing its own air defense.The

  • May 6 last day of Hanscom’s AFAF campaign

    May 6 marks the last day of the Air Force's and Hanscom's Air Force Assistance Fund campaign. But, before the campaign ends, organizers already know it was a success. "With one week left in the campaign, we had already reached 100 percent of our goal," said Master Sgt. Richard Olivarez, AFAF

  • Hanscom students rule on Law Day

    Court was in session when the Electronic Systems Center Legal Office celebrated Law Day 2011 on April 29 with a mock trial for Hanscom's fifth grade students. Dressed as buccaneers on the high seas, a cast of paralegals and attorneys performed a courtroom role play involving pirate tales of