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  • Pilot-to-pilot link enables fielding success

    A team of former fighter pilots from the Electronic Systems Center here is continuing to make sure current fighter pilots - including both U.S. and allied forces - can operate the sophisticated communication network known as Link 16.Link 16 takes data from multiple platforms, including Airborne

  • New energy competition promotes culture change

    A new initiative developed by the base's civil engineering division, called Hanscom Energy Reduction Competition, aims to promote an energy culture change and reduce consumption across the base. It directly ties into an Air Force Materiel Command energy competition that began in July and will run

  • JFC gives young professionals a chance to be heard, network

    Hanscom's Junior Force Council is hard at work to improve the quality of work life for junior government employees and wants to make sure base personnel are aware of the opportunities available. The Junior Force Council is for government employees with less than 10 years of service who are GS-12s

  • Look for Community Assessment Survey in several weeks

    On Jan. 25 the Air Force will launch the 2011 Community Assessment Survey of service members, spouses, reservists, spouses of reservists and Department of Defense civilians. The survey will run through March 25. This survey is the best way for Hanscom community members to make their opinions and

  • A look back at 2010

    2010 was a year of change at Hanscom. Personnel experienced change in structure from wings, groups and squadrons to Program Executive Officers and new directorates. A conversion from the National Security Personnel System back to the GS system occurred, and many members of the technical support work

  • New Horizons agenda set

    The 2011 New Horizons Conference, sponsored by the Lexington-Concord Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, will be held Jan. 25 and 26 at the Marriott Newton Hotel in Newton, Mass.The annual symposium primarily features presentations from Electronic Systems Center

  • Medical squadron opens ‘Reach Out and Read’ program

    Starting Jan. 3, 2011, receiving books from a primary care manager will be a routine part of a Well Child visit at the 66th Medical Squadron. Nurses and primary care managers have welcomed the Reach Out and Read program to the pediatric and family practice clinics. Reach Out and Read is a simple,

  • CCAF initiative to begin in January

    One of the major goals of the U.S. Air Force is to assist Airmen in their professional and personal development. The prime vehicle for achieving this goal is education. Starting in 2011, a new, three-year initiative will begin across Air Force Materiel Command to encourage enlisted members to