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  • 2014 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

    The 2014 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report For MWRA Lexington Hanscom AFB, Public Water System Identification, or PWSID, Number 3023002.This report is an annual snapshot of the drinking water quality delivered by Hanscom Air Force Base. Under the Consumer Confidence Reporting Rule of the

  • Initiative offers single Airmen off duty activities

    Airmen assigned here can now participate in a Single Airman Programming Initiative that offers off duty trips to single Airmen. The program is open to active duty, Air National Guard and Reserve enlisted and officer Airmen without spouses.Operated locally through the 66th Force Support Squadron,

  • Congratulations to Hanscom's technical sergeant selects

    Air Force officials released the names of 8,446 eligible staff sergeants selected for promotion to technical sergeant June 9.Congratulations to Hanscom's newest technical sergeants.Staff Sgt. Michelle J. Armour, 66th Security Forces SquadronStaff Sgt. Justin S. Beckett, 66th Medical SquadronStaff

  • AF implements automated evaluation, decoration processing via myPers

    Supervisors of active-duty Airmen are now able to initiate, process, track and sign officer and enlisted evaluations using myPers, Air Force Personnel Center officials recently announced.Additionally, supervisors of active-duty members will be able to use myPers to initiate and track decorations as

  • Pawlikowski assumes leadership of AFMC

    Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski assumed the top position of the major command responsible for installation support and the technology, acquisition, test and sustainment of the Air Force's current and future weapon systems during a ceremony here June 8.Pawlikowski took the reins of Air Force Materiel Command

  • Always trying to get under your skin

    With warmer weather here, more people are spending time outdoors. Unfortunately, warmer weather means the emergence of ticks whose bite can transmit several infections, including Lyme disease, 66th Medical Squadron officials warn.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly

  • DOD notified of OPM cybersecurity incident

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced June 4 that a recent cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data may have exposed the personal information of current and former federal employees.According to a Defense Department news release, OPM subsequently notified federal government

  • Positive results for recent inspections

    Recent inspections of Hanscom's major units yielded successful outcomes across the board.The 66th Air Base Group had a Unit Effectiveness Inspection, while the Battle Management and Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Directorates underwent Unit Compliance

  • AF seeks scholarship, fellowship applicants for 2016 programs

    Active-duty Airmen interested in unique developmental opportunities may be eligible for the Olmsted Scholar, White House Fellows and Mansfield Fellowship Exchange programs.The programs offer unique professional career developmental experience for Air Force leaders, according to Kris Hunter, the Air

  • Military Working Dog teams take flight

    Military Working Dog teams assigned to the 66th Security Forces Squadron here recently participated in Helicopter Emerging Training to acclimate the dogs to entering and exiting a helicopter.The first-of-its-kind training at Hanscom Air Force Base simulated a combat environment for security forces