Tips for safe grilling

After more than 100 inches of snow falling on the New England area this past winter, many are eager to head outdoors to enjoy backyard cookouts and other warm weather activities. Among the most common and potentially dangerous activity this time of year is cooking on the grill.The Hanscom Fire

AF offers limited high year tenure extensions

Eligible senior airmen, staff sergeants, technical sergeants and master sergeants in 35 Air Force specialties will be able to apply for a high year of tenure extension and, if approved, will be able to extend between 12 and 24 months past their current HYT.The Air Force is introducing several

Summer safety campaign focused on risk management

With warmer weather here and travel and outdoor activities expected to increase over the next several months, the 66th Air Base Group Safety director asks all members of the community to place a greater emphasis on risk management."The period between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends is a critical

AFMC command chief challenges ALS graduates

Airmen and two members of the U.S. Coast Guard completed the five-week Airman Leadership School during a graduation ceremony at the Minuteman Commons May 21.Air Force Materiel Command's top enlisted Airmen and ALS Class 15D guest speaker, challenged the graduates to go out in the field and make

Scholarships awarded to graduating seniors, spouses

The Hanscom Spouses Club awarded scholarships to graduating seniors and military spouses during the 54th annual HSC Scholarship Awards Night at the Minuteman Commons May 13.HSC officers awarded $37,500 to 17 high school graduates and two spouses, each of whom will pursue bachelor degrees in

Hanscom emphasizes tobacco-use policy, restrictions

Hanscom Air Force Base is taking measures to reinforce Air Force policies regarding tobacco use on base, focusing specifically on properly locating, marking and enforcing the use of Designated Tobacco Areas, or DTAs.DTAs will be marked as the only place people are allowed to use tobacco in any form.

Community Partnership Initiative

Youth program 'banks' dollars for college

The Youth Employment Skills program is an on-base youth volunteer program funded by the Air Force Aid Society to provide high-school aged dependents an opportunity to bank volunteer dollar credits toward post-secondary education. Effective June 1, volunteers will earn $6 per volunteer hour.The YES

Air Force ROTC detachment command opportunities available

Eligible active-duty line of the Air Force lieutenant colonels and lieutenant colonel-selects interested in summer 2016 Reserve Officer Training Corps detachment command opportunities have until May 27 to request consideration for these positions.Command opportunities are expected to open at more

AFMC activates AFIMSC

The commander of Air Force Materiel Command officially activated the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center during a ceremony here May 5.Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger appointed Maj. Gen. Theresa Carter as the first AFIMSC commander at the event attended by more than 500 people in the Basic