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  • Hanscom to host Heroes’ Homecoming, Summer Bash on June 26

    Hanscom will host its next Heroes' Homecoming celebration on June 26 to honor all of its personnel who have returned from deployments over the past six months as well as their family members. The event is being held in conjunction with the base's annual Summer Bash celebration. The Heroes'

  • “Star” shines on Hanscom VPP

    After four days of thorough inspection, an audit team from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that Hanscom's Voluntary Protection Program has met and in many cases exceeded the requirements to earn its certification as a VPP Star certified site. "The overall evaluation of

  • 101 Critical Days of Summer campaign commences May 22

    The 101 Critical Days of Summer 2009 campaign, which encompasses 109 days due to an early Memorial Day, begins May 22 at 4 p.m. and will last through 7 a.m. on Sept. 8. While some people may argue that New England has only 28 real days of summer, the 66th Air Base Wing Safety Office encourages the

  • Band member is award-winning composer

    Staff Sergeant Mateo Ayala hasn't been writing music for very long, but the Band of Liberty member keeps adding to his list of award-winning compositions. For the second year in a row, Sergeant Ayala won first prize in the Danza Composition Competition, an annual contest sponsored by the Institute

  • Be part of history, tradition at Hanscom’s Combat Dining-In

    On June 12, Hanscom Air Force Base will receive a tasking to deploy members to a particularly "hot" combat zone where "friendly" fire is a guarantee and the only ammunition authorized will be water guns and water grenades. The mission is to engage in a time-honored tradition with fellow brothers and

  • Hanscom VPP undergoes certification inspection

    Hanscom's journey towards certification as a Voluntary Protection Program site reached a long awaited milestone May 18, as a team of auditors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration arrived to begin the work of inspecting the base's program to determine if it has met the requirements

  • A&FRC Trains New Key Spouses May 19

    The next Key Spouse intensive training for new volunteer Key Spouses will be held at the Airman and Family Readiness Center from 9 a.m. to noon on May 19. The Key Spouse program is volunteer based and creates a peer-to-peer network for unit families experiencing duty-related separations. The program