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  • Wired infrastructure for 104 installations complete

    The milestone marks the completion of wired network infrastructure installations for 77 stand-alone Air National Guard locations and 27 Active Duty, Air Force Reserve, and co-located units. The total procurement value of this effort was approximately $1.4 billion.

  • Maria, Irma make landfall for Hanscom Airmen

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Master Sgt. Sharlyne Acevedo, Acquisition Intelligence Division superintendent at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center here, first heard her family survived Hurricane Maria’s direct hit on Puerto Rico seven full days after landfall. In order to get word to

  • Graduates prepared to lead

    Surrounded by friends, family and colleagues, junior enlisted personnel attending Airmen Leadership School here completed the first step in their professional military education following a graduation ceremony at the Minuteman Commons Sept. 29.

  • Reducing energy and water consumption focus of Energy Action Month

    October is Energy Action Month. During the month-long campaign, the 66th Civil Engineering Division is highlighting Hanscom’s energy saving efforts and asking employees to focus on reducing energy and water consumption at work, home and in their communities. Energy affects how we live, work and

  • 66th Medical Squadron conducts training

    (Left to right) Senior Airman Elijah Jackson, Airman 1st Class Kalen Fragas, Senior Airman Angela Riley, Airman 1st Class Eric Vivaldo and Senior Airman Jaleesa Minor, members of the In-Place Patient Decontamination Team, clean a mock patient at a wash station during IPPD training Sept. 28 at the

  • Hearts Apart

    Hunter Kircher bowls during a Hearts Apart event at Hanscom Lanes Sept. 27. Families of deployed, remote tour and extended TDY servicemembers were invited for an evening of food and fun at the bowling alley.The Hearts Apart program offers support and activities for families while their loved ones

  • A chip that scrambles

    Mini Crypto is a self-contained encryption engine that generates its own session based “key.” Designed to be small and lightweight, it is about the size of a cracker.

  • AF expands Career Intermission Program opportunities

    The Air Force has changed the Career Intermission Program to expand participation opportunities for Airmen from one application window each year to three. In addition, Airmen with humanitarian circumstances may submit out-of-cycle CIP applications, as can dual-military married Airmen when a join

  • Seasonal influenza prevention

    The 66th Medical Squadron’s Public Health office would like to remind Airmen to practice preventative measures to protect themselves and their families during the influenza season. Flu season usually begins in October and ends as late as May, with the peak season in January or February. Knowing how

  • Options for sponsoring base visitors expanded

    In an effort to better serve the needs of the base, the 66th Security Forces Squadron Visitor Control Center is now accepting email sponsorship for visitors. The new policy, which started Sept. 25, enables military members, government civilian employees and designated Massachusetts Institute of