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  • 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.

  • $866M contract sustains 6 missile warning radars

    The contract, awarded by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, directly supports the continued operations of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS), PAVE Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS) and Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System radars. The radars are

  • 2017 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

    The 2017 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for Massachusetts Water Resource Authority, or MWRA, Lexington and Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Public Water System Identification, or PWSID, Number 3023002.

  • Improved AF-WIN tool helps eligible Airmen meet retraining goals

    Officials at the Air Force’s Personnel Center recently updated and improved the Air Force Work Interest Navigator, or AF-WIN, tool which helps Airmen who are interested in re-training to identify which Air Force Specialty Codes best fit their strengths and interests.