New Team Pedometer Challenge coming to Hanscom

The command-wide program known as the Team Lean Challenge has been around since 2007, but this year it is getting a facelift and will be coming to Hanscom and other bases across the Air Force Materiel Command this month. The official theme of the refreshed program is the Team Pedometer Challenge

Blue goes green for the day

More than 70 Hanscom Airmen, along with members of the Air Force Band of Liberty, Air Force Honor Guard and various Air National Guardsmen from throughout New England and New York state marched through the streets of New York City for the 250th St. Patrick's Day parade on March 17. The parade, which

Clinic to introduce AudioNotes

The 66th Medical Squadron is launching AudioNotes, a fully automated messaging service to ensure enrolled patients can receive lab results and other important patient information in a timely and reliable fashion.Patients will have access to a secure personal voice mailbox and primary care managers

Shirt makes chief

In a surprise ceremony on March 17, then-Senior Master Sgt. Raul Ruiz, Electronic Systems Center first sergeant, received news he was selected for promotion to chief master sergeant as part of the supplemental promotion release. Because he was deployed, Chief Ruiz did not get to test for promotion

Military Child month kicks off with pasta dinner

April marks the Month of the Military Child and many activities are planned throughout the month to celebrate military children. The kickoff event here is the Family Pasta Night on March 31 and the festivities will end with the Walk n Talk event on April 30. Family Pasta Night takes place in the

Hanscom’s AFAF campaign begins March 28

The Air Force Assistance Fund, which helps provide for the well-being of active duty and retired Airmen and their families, gets underway at Hanscom on March 28 and runs through May 6. The fundraiser helps to combat unexpected challenges and improve the quality of life for many who face

Test report: AFNet effective, suitable, mission-capable

The effort to manage Air Force web and email operations as one, consolidated enterprise took a giant step forward March 18 with release of a testing report on Air Force Intranet Increment 1, referred to as AFNet Inc 1. The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center's Operational Utility

Eagle Vision imagery supporting Japan recovery efforts

The Electronic Systems Center-managed Eagle Vision imagery collection team here rushed to action within hours of the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Northeast Japan March 11.Shortly after 7 a.m. Eastern Time on March 11, the Eagle Vision team began working to

ESC prepares for impending ORI

Electronic Systems Center is diligently preparing for an Operational Readiness Inspection at Hanscom by Air Force Materiel Command that could come as soon as this fall.As part of that preparation, a number of Base Readiness Exercise scenarios were conducted throughout the week to test deployment and

Band of Liberty visits HMS