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  • CSAF: A call to excellence for all Airmen

    In his latest Airman-to-Airman message, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III urged the men and woman of the Air Force to challenge themselves to be better at what they do. Welsh said the message, part of an ongoing video series aimed at engaging Airmen throughout the Air Force, was

  • Immunization Awareness Month Kicks Off in August

    August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and while vaccines are important for people of all ages, they're vital to the Defense Department's fighting force, the director of the Military Vaccine Agency, Vaccine Healthcare Centers Networks said.Army Col. (Dr.) Margaret Yacovone emphasized that

  • Team Hanscom quarterly award winners announced

    More than 40 nominees from "Team Hanscom" were recognized Aug. 1 during a second quarter awards ceremony at the Hanscom Conference Center. Nominees were from the 319th Recruiting Squadron, 66th Air Base Group, Battle Management and C3I and Networks Directorates, Joint Personal Property Shipping

  • AFLCMC-Hanscom employee wins contract management award

    Lori-Ann Dionne, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center-Hanscom Enterprise Acquisition Services contract specialist, was awarded the Blanche Witte Memorial Foundation Award July 29 at the National Contract Management Association World Congress meeting in Washington, D.C.This acquisition performance

  • Aug. 1 - Pulse on AF force management

    Featured in this force management update are details regarding civilian force management program expansions, ongoing officer force shaping boards and the upcoming reduction in force board.Civilian force management - voluntary early retirement authority/voluntary separation incentive payThe VERA/VSIP

  • In remembrance: former ESD Commander Chubb

    Retired Lt. Gen. Melvin F. (Nick) Chubb, Jr., passed away July 25, 2014, after a short illness. Chubb commanded what was then the Air Force's Electronic Systems Division at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., from August 1984 until his retirement on Oct. 1, 1988. During his tenure at Hanscom, he oversaw

  • Air Force to change enlisted evaluations, promotions

    Air Force officials announced a series of sweeping changes to the Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System July 31.The changes are intended to ensure the Air Force truly makes job performance the driving factor and will be implemented incrementally beginning in August 2014 and

  • Vehicle excise tax, servicemember exemptions

    Under Massachusetts law, all residents of the Commonwealth who own and register a motor vehicle must pay an annual motor vehicle excise tax, levied by the city or town in which the vehicle is principally garaged. Massachusetts law provides for service-related exemptions for vehicles owned by

  • AFLCMC-Hanscom August promotions

    Officials from the 66th Force Support Squadron recently announced the names of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center-Hanscom Airmen scheduled for promotion to the next highest rank this month.Congratulations to the following August promotees:Enlisted PromotionsTo the rank of Staff SergeantTerryAnn

  • Strategic agility is the future of the Air Force

    As the Air Force prepares for new challenges and opportunities of the coming decades, it faces sobering 21st-century realities: global centers of power have become more distributed and the terrorism threat more dispersed. Most importantly, the emerging environment is demonstrating a trend that could