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Hanscom Heroes Homecoming

Recent deployers wave during the Hanscom Homecoming parade at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., July 23. More than 70 Airmen who have returned home from deployment in the past year, along with their family members, were honored during this summer's Heroes Homecoming. (U.S Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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Children’s Theater comes to Hanscom

Sarah Feinmark, left, and Kristina Kirkham, right, tour directors and actors with the Missoula Children's Theater, instruct base children during auditions for a production of Beauty Lou & The Country Beast at the Hanscom Air Force Base Theater July 21. Two free showings of the production are scheduled at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. July 26 at the theater. (U.S Air Force Photo by Mark Herlihy)

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“3 for U Thursdays” specials

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – MacKenna Bonner enjoys a game of bowling with her family during the “3for U Thursdays” bowling special at the Hanscom Lanes Bowling Center July 17. The Hanscom community is invited to bowl between 12 noon to 3 p.m. every Thursday for $3 per game, includes show rental, throughout the summer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Wyatt)

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Celebrating staff sergeants

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Command Chief Master Sgt. Craig A. Poling speaks to staff sergeant selects on their responisbilities as a noncommissioned officer, or NCO, during the staff sergeant promotion release celebration at the Minuteman Commons July 16. Ten senior airman from Hanscom were notified that they were selected for promotion to staff sergeant last week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Wyatt)

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Celebrating staff sergeants

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Newly selected Staff Sgt. Kenneth J. Leary Jr., C3I and Networks Directorate knowledge operations manager, salutes Lt. Col. David Dunklee, 66th Air Base group deputy commander, after being presented a certificate during a staff sergeant promotion release celebration at the Minuteman Commons July 16. Leary was among 10 senior airman notified of their promotion to staff sergeant at Hanscom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Wyatt)

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Summer fun run

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Jenessa McCabe, a member of the Bedford High School cross-country team, is out front of other competitors along the course during the Sports and Fitness Center Firecracker Fitness 5K Fun Run July 16. Thirty-five runners, including members of the Bedford High School cross-country team, participated in the event annual event. McCabe finished as the top female finisher with a time of 20:06 while the top male finisher, and overall finisher, was Jake Hernandez with a time of 18:06. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rick Berry)

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Honor Guard Appreciation

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Command Chief Master Sgt. Craig A Poling presents 1st Lt. Ian Rohde the Master Sgt. Lenny Lanier Award for 2013 during the Honor Guard Appreciation Banquet at the Minuteman Commons June 20. The award recognizes the Patriot Honor Guard member most ready to give of himself to help others. Rohde participated in 86 military funerals last year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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Outdoor Recreation

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - With the summer months here, Brian Guerra, 66th Force Support Squadron Outdoor Recreation specialist, prepares a Street Strider elliptical cross trainer for a rental June 17. Among the many items available at Outdoor Recreation are party equipment, water sports equipment, camping equipment, sports equipment and more. For further information on summer rentals, visit www.hanscomservices.com/OutdoorRecreation.asp. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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SFS Military Working Dog remembered

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Technical Sgt. John Twomey, 66th Security Forces Squadron kennel master, narrates a memorial service for Military Working Dog Danita outside the base chapel June 17 as Staff Sgt. Victor Portes-Garcia, Danita's MWD handler stands nearby. Danita, who died May 9, was a MWD for security forces for more than nine years. She also deployed three times as a patrol explosive detection dog. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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Astronaut visit

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Retired Lt. Col. Duane G. “Digger” Carey, a former NASA astronaut who served as pilot on the STS-109 Columbia mission in March 2002, speaks to Hanscom Primary School students and staff June 13 about his experience on the STS-109 mission to space, which orbited the Earth 165 times and covered 3.9 million miles in more than 262 hours. The crew of STS-109 successfully upgraded the Hubble Space Telescope, leaving it with a new power unit, a new camera and new solar arrays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Walter Santos)

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World Series trophy on display

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Students from the Hanscom Middle School crowd around the Boston Red Sox World Series trophy with cameras, iPads and other portable devices to take photos of the trophy at the school June 3. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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Hanscom firefighters first on crash scene

BEDFORD, Mass. -- Paul A. Seguin, 66th Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Emergency Services assistant chief of Operations, and Jerome Zuhoski, 66th CES Fire Emergency Services firefighter, look over the wreckage of a private Gulfstream IV aircraft that crashed May 31 at Hanscom Field shortly after 9:40 p.m., leaving all seven people onboard dead. All 12 Hanscom firefighters on duty responded to the crash seconds after the Air Traffic Control tower activated the crash network to alert the Hanscom Fire Station of the incident. In addition to Hanscom, firefighters from Bedford, Lexington, Lincoln, Concord and Waltham were all involved in the response. (U.S. Air Force photo by Walter Santos)

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Congratulations to Hanscom’s master sergeant selects

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Col. Lester A. Weilacher (right), 66th Air Base Group commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Craig A. Poling (far right) congratulates Hanscom’s newest master sergeant selects during a release party at the Minuteman Commons May 28. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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Cyber exchange

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Azer Bestavros (left), Ph.D., professor of computer science and director of the Hariri Institute at Boston University, and Andy Ellis, chief security officer at Akamai Technologies Inc., discuss cloud computing issues during a cyber exchange forum held here May 28. Ian Kelly, Google's Public Sector technical security lead, also participated in the panel. The forum, sponsored by the Advanced Cyber Security Center, featured a number of other leading industry, academic and government information technology leaders, including Dr. Tim Rudolph, chief architect and technology officer for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, and Keven Stamey, director of Engineering and Technical Management at Hanscom. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Rick Berry)

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HMS baseball

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Tavian Burress , a member of the Hansom Middle School Falcons boy’s baseball team, rounds second base during the team’s final home game of the season against Lexington Clarke Middle School May 27. The Falcons lost the game 14-7 to drop to 1-8 on the season. The team’s one win, the first in three years, came against Lincoln May 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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HMS baseball

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Sam Baker, a member of the Hansom Middle School Falcons boy’s baseball team, makes the play at first base for an out during the team’s final home game of the season against Lexington Clarke Middle School May 27. The Falcons lost the game 14-7 to drop to 1-8 on the season. The team’s one win, the first in three years, came against Lincoln May 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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HMS baseball

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Nicholas Reid, a seventh grade member of the Hansom Middle School Falcons boy’s baseball team, throws a pitch to a Lexington Clarke Middle School hitter during the team’s final home game of the season May 27. The Falcons lost the game 14-7 to drop to 1-8 on the season. The team’s one win, the first in three years, came against Lincoln May 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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Memorial Day essay finalist

BEDFORD, Mass. – Elisabeth Seguin, a Hanscom Middle School seventh grader, is recognized for placing second in the Bedford Memorial Day Essay contest during a Memorial Day ceremony here, May 26. Seguin participated in the town’s Memorial Day ceremony that was held at Veterans Memorial Park. (Courtesy photo)

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Memorial Day message

BEDFORD, Mass. – Col. David Hiltz, Family of Systems Architecture Team chief, speaks to the Bedford community during a Memorial Day ceremony at the town’s Veteran’s Memorial Park, May 26. Bedford in partnership with the local Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion chapters hold this event annually. (Courtesy photo)

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Volunteers recognized

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Robin Wirthlin, recipient of this year's Chief of Staff Volunteer Excellence Award, speaks during Hanscom's Annual Volunteer Salute at the Hanscom Conference Center May 22. The appreciation luncheon recognized base volunteers and their supporters, whether they volunteered one hour or 1,000 hours on base or off base, in the past year. Other volunteers recognized for service in their community were Nancy Budenas, 66th Force Support Squadron; Jason Courneen, 66th Air Base Group Civil Engineering; Joyce Davison, 66th Force Support Squadron, Kevin Geaney, 66th Force Support Squadron; and Alan Lehman, 66th Air Base Group Judge Advocate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rick Berry)

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