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  • FEDVIP is coming: Get to know dental and vision plans

    The TRICARE Retiree Dental Program (TRDP) ends on Dec. 31, 2018. Beginning in 2019, dental and vision plans will be available through the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP). Now is a good time to become familiar with FEDVIP options.

  • Hanscom to host 17 Focus Week courses

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- The third Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Focus Week of 2018, scheduled for July 23-27, is approaching. Registration is open and continues until the day before each course.The Summer Focus Week provides opportunities for performance improvement for both the

  • Go far by getting picky with the FAR

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, MASS. -- Acquisition regulations don’t come with CliffsNotes, so members of a High Performance Team here wrote 21 pages interpreting them and won a Department of Defense level award June 28 for their work.The HPT members from Hanscom and several other major acquisition bases

  • Goalie weathers new Air Force career

    Rackleff started her Air Force career in April. Prior, she studied chemical engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, where she played ice hockey. Rochester recruited her to their NCAA Division 1 women’s hockey team from a junior league in California, and she earned a full academic

  • New leader takes helm of NC3 Integration Directorate

    Col. Amanda Kato became the new director of the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Integration Directorate during a change of leadership ceremony here June 28. She also became the Air Force’s program executive officer for NC3.

  • Retiring PEO shares lessons learned in distinctive fashion

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- As Col. Al LaPuma prepares to retire after more than 29 years of military service, he had a unique way of sharing his experiences during his ceremony here June 28.He said after attending many retirement ceremonies throughout his career, the challenge has been to have

  • AFROTC detachment commander, instructor vacancies available for summer 2019

    Air Force officials have announced 45 projected Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps detachment commander positions and 104 instructor vacancies available for summer 2019. Line of the Air Force lieutenant colonels and majors selected for lieutenant colonel may apply for detachment commander

  • Hanscom squadrons get innovative

    Two squadrons here are using innovation funds provided by the Air Force to improve efficiencies within their organizations.