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  • Many AFMC employees to convert to AcqDemo Pay and Appraisal System

    Some 13,000 Air Force Materiel Command personnel have been notified they will transition to the Department of Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project (AcqDemo) pay system on  June 12, 2016.Local officials have indicated approximately 500 non-bargaining, appropriated-fund

  • TRICARE to begin Urgent Care pilot program

    To increase access to care, the Department of Defense is launching an Urgent Care Pilot Program for TRICARE Prime beneficiaries. This program allows Prime enrollees two visits to a network or TRICARE authorized provider without a referral or prior authorization. The Urgent Care pilot program,

  • Investigation report determines cause of C-130J crash in October

    Air Mobility Command has released the results of an accident investigation that examined what caused the Oct. 2, crash of a C-130J during a takeoff from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, which killed all 11 individuals onboard upon impact and three Afghan Special Reaction Force (ASRF) members on the

  • Hanscom employee running marathon to raise suicide prevention awareness

    A Battle Management program manager assigned here will be raising awareness for suicide prevention in the military while running his first Boston Marathon on Monday.Jeff Price, assigned to the Airspace Mission Planning Systems Division, will run alongside 13 others from a local suicide prevention

  • Hanscom honors newest chiefs during ceremony

    Since 1959, when a fledgling Air Force announced its first promotions to the new rank of chief master sergeant, known then as 'super grades,' enlisted men and women have aspired to reach the service's top one percent.The latest to achieve this milestone are two Air Force Life Cycle Management

  • ALS graduates take next step

    More than 150 friends, family and coworkers of soon-to-be front-line supervisors attended the Airman Leadership School Graduation Banquet here April 8 at the Minuteman Commons.The class, comprised of nine senior airmen and two U.S. Coast Guard petty officers, completed the first step in their

  • Rice nominated as ANG director

    The Massachusetts National Guard is pleased to congratulate Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, on his presidential nomination as lieutenant general, director, Air National Guard, National Guard Bureau, Washington D.C., pending completion of the confirmation process by the United States Senate."I applaud

  • Airmen help each other through AFAS

    The Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicked off here March 21 and will continue through April 29. The campaign offers service members an opportunity to lend support to fellow Airmen in need.The goal at Hanscom this year is $39,500.AFAF benefits four charities committed to supporting Airmen and

  • Hanscom participates in 'Be Active' physical activity challenge

    Throughout April and May, Air Force Materiel Command will promote its 'Be Active' Team Challenge. The initiative is open to all AFMC active duty Airmen and Defense Department civilians.Be Active is a command-wide initiative designed to help the AFMC and Hanscom workforce increase physical activity

  • Off-duty Hanscom firefighter jumps into action

    An off-duty Hanscom firefighter entered a three-story apartment building in Concord, New Hampshire, March 29 in search of residents after noticing smoke billowing from behind the building.Sean Ford, a 26-year veteran firefighter, was driving by in his vehicle shortly after 9 a.m. when he saw the