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60th Anniversary Ball

Attendees of Hanscom’s 60th Anniversary Air Force Ball mingle outside of the Aero Club Hangar near static displays of vintage aircraft Sept. 14. Guests were able to get an up-close look at the F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt II and T-6 Texan. More than 650 people attended the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. C. Michaela Walrond.)

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85th APS Deactivitation

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - The aerial port training aid, which belongs to the 85th Aerial Port Squadron, sits at Hanscom following repairs made by squadrons within the 913th Airlift Wing from Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Penn., in 2006. The future of the wingless C-130 APTA, nicknamed ‘Old 5019’ because of its tail number, is uncertain. The 85 APS deactivates Sept. 13 at 11 a.m. during a ceremony held at the Hanscom Aero Club Hangar after nearly 50 years of aerial port operations supporting the nation’s wartime and peacetime military and humanitarian campaigns since 1960. (U.S. Air Force file photo)

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Air Force awards E-7A prototype contract

An artist's depiction shows an E-7A in flight. The E-7A is the Department of Defense's future tactical battle management, command and control and moving target indication platform scheduled to replace the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System. (Courtesy photo)

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Approaching with ILS

A modified CL-60 Challenger aircraft flies a low level approach past an Instrument Landing System being used in theater in 2007. The 853rd Electronic Systems Group will soon be releasing a request for proposals for a Deployable Instrument Landing System, which will be leaner and more transportable. (AF photo/Airman 1st Class Gustavo Gonzalez)

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AWACS gets new seats

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- A maintenance crew member at Tinker AFB, Okla., installs a new operator stations seat aboard an E-3 AWACS recently. The new seats are expected to help alleviate back and neck stress for crews on long-duration missions. (Courtesy Photo)

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AWACS testing team

Members of a special E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System testing team pose for a group photo after a flight trial held in Germany last month. The ground and flight tests on a NATO AWACS made strides in proving that the waveforms cause no interference to military and civilian air traffic control. Participants included representation from ESC's 635th Electronic Systems Squadron, Belgium, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. (Courtesy photo)

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BACN takes off

A BD-700 equipped with the full suite of Battlefield Airborne Communication Node (BACN) equipment takes off from Wichita Airport in Kansas earlier this month. The Electronic Systems Center’s BACN Joint Urgent Operational Need team received one of two John J. Welch, Jr. Awards for Excellence in Acquisition Leadership March 10. Col. Cordell DeLaPena, 653rd Electronic Systems Group commander, was also named an Air Force Outstanding System Program Director. (Courtesy Photo)

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Best in Air Force

Hanscom Aero Club Manager Steve Bates checks the engine on one of the club's aircraft. Mr. Bates is the Air Force Community Services Flight Manager of the Year. (U.S. Air force photo by Rick Berry)

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Bold Quest under way

Staff Sgt. Eric Breault, 158th Fighter Wing Detachment 1, Vermont Air National Guard avionics specialists, attaches a fourth generation Advanced Targeting LITENING Pod to an F-16C, Oct. 23, 2009 at Langley Air Force Base, Va. The first operational testing of the pods will occur during Bold Quest 2009, an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration, which brings together nearly 1,000 professional warfighters and contractors from 11 countries and across the U.S. military in a field environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Rebecca Montez)

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Bye, Guppy

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft takes off March 28. The plane was here to deliver a heat shield for the Orion spacecraft to Textron Defense Systems in Wilmington, Mass., to have a protective coating applied to it. (U.S. Air Force photo by Walter Santos)

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Calling in CAS

A U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk prepares to takeoff during a training exercise led by 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controllers July 8, 2014. U.S. Air Force JTACs led training to teach infantry soldiers how to properly communicate with aircraft to coordinate airstrikes in the absence of a tactical air control party Airman. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)

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Chief’s service to AF continues through his daughter

HANSCOM AFB, Mass., -- Chief Master Sgt. Snow’s wife, Catherine, back row, first on left; daughter, Madelyn, front row, third from left; and daughter, Barbara, front row, center, attend a school field trip to Hanscom and pose in front of a C-119. (Courtesy Photo)

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Col. Frank Gaillard assumes leadership of nucelar networks division

Brig. Gen. Michael Schmidt, left, Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks program executive officer, passes a guidon symbolizing Col. Frank Gaillard's assumption of leadership of the new Nuclear Networks Division within C3I&N July 30 in the Minuteman Commons at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. Gaillard previously served as senior materiel leader of the Space, Aerial and Nuclear Networks Division, and is now SML of a division responsible for outfitting the nation's nuclear command, control and communications forces with communication networks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)

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Combat Track II in use

An aircrew member uses the Combat Track II system, the 500th of which was delivered to the field last month. CT II allows crew aboard the air mobility fleet, as well as on some bombers, to maintain full awareness of friendly and potential hostile aircraft positions. It also alerts them to ground threats, including mobile surface-to-air missile sites. (Courtesy Photo)

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D-1 fleet aircraft arrives

The DRAGON-qquipped U.S. Air Force E-3 AWACS aircraft, known as D-1, arrives at Boening Field in Seattle, Wash., Oct. 22 after a handoff from the U.S. Air Force. DRAGON is a Hanscom AFB based program, which stands for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation. DRAGON is also a cooperative development effort between the Air Force and NATO to upgrade the cockpits of both fleets. Following a three-month demodification process and a modification Installation & Checkout phase, the Service anticipates delivery of the D-1 fleet aircraft in early 2017. (Courtesy photo)

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Downloading data to DCGS

Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data, such as images provided by the Predator remotely piloted vehicle, are becoming easier to share with the newest version of the Distributed Common Ground System Integration Backbone, version 2.0, which was released Oct. 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt)

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DRAGON cockpit

(Courtesy photo)

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DRAGON flys ahead

It's lift off for the E-3 AWACS DMS Replacement of Avionics for Global Operation Navigation (DRAGON) program, as the D-1 test aircraft takes off from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., on its way to Boeing Field in Seattle. The D-1 handover effort successfully concluded Oct. 22, 2014. The D-1 aircraft will first undergo a three-month demodification process followed by a modification Installation & Checkout phase that will conclude with a planned D-1 DRAGON delivery in early 2017. CNS/ATM DRAGON is a cooperative program with NATO that addresses DMS equipment issues and known CONUS and International Air Traffic Management restrictions, ensuring operational viability of the both E-3 fleets for worldwide operations and will provide unrestricted worldwide access to global airspace. The DRAGON program falls under the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Battle Management directorate located at Hanscom AFB, Mass. (Courtesy photo by David Clavey)

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Electronic flight bags could boost operational safety, effectiveness

U.S. Air Force Capt. Brett Pierson, a pilot with the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, refers to his personal computer tablet during preflight checks aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft bound for a refueling mission in Afghanistan May 8, 2011, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center at Hanscom AFB, Mass., is working with industry to provide Air Mobility Command pilots with hardened digital tablets, which can withstand digital attack and electronic interference during flight, replacing hundreds of pages of printed material with secure electronic flight bags. This acquisition method, known as a plug-test can quickly put needed tools in the hands of warfighters, before the technology is outdated. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. William Greer)

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F-15 with Link 16

An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft returns to the fight in Afghanistan after receiving fuel. A team of former fighter pilots and other experts from the Electronic Systems Center, headquartered at Hanscom AFB, Mass., provide U.S. fighter squadrons with specialized data link network training, increasing their situational awareness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway)

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