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  • Team improving precision of high altitude airdrops

    A team here is working to improve safety for warfighters by increasing accuracy of high altitude airdrops with mission planning tools.The Joint Precision Airdrop System, or JPADS, is a family of equipment that consists of parachutes, mission planning systems, global positioning systems and computer

  • AFMC announces senior leader changes

    Air Force Materiel Command officials announced May 2, 2013, that its executive director, Dr. Steve Butler, will retire effective June 30 after 35 years of service. He will be replaced by Michael Gill, currently executive director of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center.Patsy Reeves, currently

  • SecAF announces departure

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley has announced his plan to step down June 21 as the Air Force's top civilian after serving for nearly five years. "It's been an honor and a privilege to serve with our Air Force's great Airmen," Donley said. "Their accomplishments have been nothing short of

  • AFMC commander visits Sustainment Center, air logistics complexes

    Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger and AFMC Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. Michael Warner visited the command's air logistics complexes the week of April 15 for the first time since AFMC declared initial operational capability of its 5-Center reorganization Oct. 1,

  • Meeting highlights irregular warfare challenges

    A Hanscom AFB official drew comparisons to the recent Boston Marathon bombings to make a key point about improvised explosive devices during a presentation here April 25.Speaking at the Military Affairs Council breakfast meeting, Donald MacMillan, Irregular Warfare/Counter-IED Project Office lead,

  • SecAF: Hanscom enabling linked AF future

    Systems that help collect, process and push data to where it's needed quickly and securely are vital to Air Force operations, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley said during a visit here April 25."Working independently and also with world-class high tech talent in the Boston area, you help

  • Program lets Airmen work away from their desks

    A program here is helping Air Force personnel get out from behind their desks by providing a secure Wi-Fi connection to enable them to accomplish their mission more effectively and efficiently. Ninety-seven bases worldwide - including Hanscom - were outfitted with a wireless network by the Base

  • Hanscom's new SES underscores communication, creativity

    Twenty-five years ago, Kevin D. Stamey entered civil service with unlimited ambition, yet at the time had no particular aspirations for the executive core. It wasn't until years later when a handful of mentors unequivocally predicted he'd one day be a member of the Senior Executive Service that his

  • C3I and Networks information and opportunities focus of HRA meeting

    An update on the C3I and Networks portfolio, including business opportunities and needed technologies, was the main topic during the Hanscom Representatives Association luncheon meeting March 28 at Waxy O'Connors.Tom Powis, Program Management organizational senior functional, provided a snapshot of

  • Program reaches milestone, improves air picture

    An Air Force system designed in the wake of Sept. 11 to provide comprehensive air surveillance and defense for North America recently got even better. The Battle Control System-Fixed program reached a major milestone with the full deployment of Increment 3. The BCS-F, produced by