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  • ESC team efforts bring new CAOC to life

    When the new, state-of-the-art combined air and space operations center, or CAOC, in Southwest Asia came on line Sept. 1, it marked a milestone for joint and coalition combat forces and for the Electronic Systems Center team working to make it happen. "We're constantly striving to bring enhanced AOC

  • Hanscom CFC gets underway with $244,000 goal

    Hanscom employees will once again have an opportunity to help those less fortunate through the Combined Federal Campaign, the federal government's sole annual charity drive, which began last week and will run through Nov. 13.This year's CFC drive at Hanscom has a goal of raising $244,000. During the

  • Bedford PD donates phone cards to deployed Airmen

    It was an idea born from the desire to help our men and women in uniform keep in touch with their loved ones at home, while they served overseas, that spawned the program "Cell Phones For Soldiers" back in 2004. Under the program, old cell phones are turned in for recycling. In return, cell phone

  • Town-Hall meeting covers initial reaction to ECSS kickoff

    Logistics leaders here in addition to Air Force and contracted visitors hosted a town hall meeting in the Hanscom Conference Center Oct. 6 to discuss the initial setup of Release 1 of the Expeditionary Combat Support System that kicked off at Hanscom June 30. ECSS, a commercial off-the-shelf

  • Key Spouse Program standardizes, continues U.S. military legacy

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center recently began intensive retraining sessions for Hanscom's current Key Spouses as a result of an Air Force-wide effort to standardize the Key Spouse Program and as a part of the Year of the Air Force Family initiative. The standardization's purpose is to better

  • Energy conservation requires focused team effort

    October is energy awareness month and members of the 66th Mission Support Group Civil Engineering Office are enlisting everyone's support in teaming up to reduce Hanscom's environmental footprint through energy conservation. "As Air Force employees everyone has a responsibility to each do their part

  • Chief of staff calls for harmony between technology, doctrine

    The Air Force chief of staff discussed the complementary roles of technology and doctrine during a major conference here Sept. 30. "Our success today relies on both the technology that enables advanced systems and - believe it or not - the doctrine that articulates our institutionally held beliefs