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  • Located at Eareckson Air Station, Alaska, the COBRA DANE radar can collect metric and signature data on foreign ballistic missile events from up to 2,000 miles away. The COBRA DANE radar is one of multiple radar systems supported by the Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Division, which has branches at both Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. and Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Digital Directorate team wins major acquisition award

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force honored a Digital Directorate team with a major acquisition award earlier this month.
  • Col. Amanda G. Kato comments on highlights of her career during a retirement ceremony honoring her more than 29 years of service in the Air Force on June 18, 2021, at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. She is the Air Force program executive officer for nuclear command, control and communications (NC3), as well as the director of NC3 integration for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Maki)

    NC3 PEO retires after 29-year career

    Col. Amanda G. Kato, Air Force program executive officer for nuclear command, control and communications (NC3), retired June 18, 2021, at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. She was dual-hatted as the AFNWC director for NC3 integration.
  • The Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., STARBASE Academy will host a summer camp program “Doing the Impossible with Patterns,” Aug. 23 to 27. The five-day, in-person program will teach campers ages 11 to 13 about patterns in design, programming, and biology. (Courtesy Graphic)

    STARBASE Academy to host summer camp

    The STARBASE Academy here will host a summer camp program “Doing the Impossible with Patterns,” Aug. 23 to 27.
  • Members of the Tactical Data Link Enhancements Team, located at Hanscom Air Force Base Mass., pose in front of an F-15 at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., in May. The team was conducting tests of their Heimdall tactical data link technology, which improves real-time information sharing and overall fighter performance in highly contested, near-peer environments.

    Hanscom team demos data sharing technology

    A Hanscom team recently completed demonstrations that tested new techniques on tactical data links to increase data sharing in contested environments and improve warfighter readiness.
  • Hanscom clinic identified in DoD restructure

    MDS to move COVID vaccinations to walk-in basis

    The 66th Medical Squadron will conduct the last COVID-19 vaccination point of distribution, or POD, June 25 before moving vaccines to a walk-in basis at the clinic here. Eligible personnel can receive first and second vaccine doses Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the 66 MDS immunization clinic beginning July 7.
  • Team Hanscom celebrates the Class of 2020

    CDC, School Age Programs resume care, enrollment

    The Child Development Center and School Age Programs here have now resumed care for previously enrolled families.
  • Raju Ranjan, an engineer from the AFNet Sustainment and Operations Branch discusses plans for a modern software-based perimeter with Capt. Christopher Kodama, a Branch engineer, at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., June 3.

    Hanscom team supports ‘revolutionary’ zero trust effort

    Personnel from the AFNet Sustainment and Operations Branch here are partnering with the Air Combat Command Directorate of Cyberspace and Information Dominance to develop a modern software-based perimeter that will deliver zero trust capabilities to applications across the Air Force.
  • Mike Giger, site senior functional for Acquisition - Operating Location Hanscom, reviews charts with Randy Hatem, operations manager, June 15, at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.

    New site senior functional looks to continue, enhance support

    Hanscom’s new site senior functional for Acquisition said his goal for the office is to continue to deliver high-quality support.
  • Leadership Log Episode 53

    Chief settles into AFLCMC role

    Chief Master Sgt. Jamie Newman became the new Command Chief for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center in May 2021.
  • Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command commander, speaks to members of the 66th Medical Squadron during a visit to Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., June 16. Bunch met with MDS personnel to thank them for their support to the Hanscom community during the COVID crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Maki)

    AFMC commander lauds MDS team

    Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., the commander of Air Force Materiel Command, thanked members of the 66th Medical Squadron for their COVID-19 response during a visit to the installation June 16.
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