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  • Temporary certificate updates on soon-to-expire CACs now authorized

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – To ensure continuity of operations during COVID-19, the Department of Defense has enabled a temporary capability to allow Common Access Card cardholders to update their certificates for continued use.CACs that expired on or after April 16, 2020, and are within

  • Army team arrives to support local COVID-19 efforts

    U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces arrive at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 17. The task force arrived at Hanscom AFB to assist with medical care in support of the COVID-19 response in the local region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Maki)

  • Innovation directors connect Hanscom to leading-edge partners

    The directors of innovation for two Hanscom-based acquisition directorates are helping to support critical warfighter needs through key partnerships within Greater Boston’s innovation economy and beyond. Capt. Amanda Rebhi, chief innovation officer for Digital, and Brian Carr, director of innovation

  • Detachment 12 Zooms change of command

    The personnel from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Detachment 12, Kessel Run, take innovative approaches to their work. That carried over to the organization’s change of command April 15 when the ceremony took place via Zoom due to COVID-19 concerns.

  • Hanscom Exchange to offer curbside pickup

    The Main Exchange here now offers curbside pickup for orders placed online to help Airmen and their families practice good social distancing during COVID-19.

  • New COVID-19 policy extends some ID card benefits

    Department of Defense Military Personnel Flights are extending Uniformed Service ID cards expiring on or after Jan. 1, 2020, and authorizing continued benefit use through Sept. 30, 2020, to comply with recent Under Secretary of Defense guidance. Retirees, dependents, 100 percent disabled veterans