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AFLCMC senior enlisted Airmen coins Airmen

Chief Master Sgt. Michelle Thorsteinson-Richards, standing left, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center command chief, meets with Staff Sgt. Ashley Lerke, standing right, an Airman Leadership School instructor, during a visit to Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Jan. 25, while ALS students look on. During the chief’s visit to ALS, Thorsteinson-Richards presented a coin to Lerke for her performance on- and off-duty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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McMurry meets with Airmen

Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, speaks to a Staff Sgt. Shea Townsend, 66th Comptroller Squadron financial services technician, during a visit to the pre-deployment processing line at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Jan. 25. Air Force Materiel Command is conducting a series of exercises to ensure readiness to perform installation and expeditionary missions under a variety of scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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Charles Anthony Braswell, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center director of contracting for Hanscom

Tony Braswell, who recently became Air Force Life Cycle Management Center director of contracting for Hanscom, addresses his workforce Dec. 5 at the Hanscom Conference Center. Braswell highlighted career progression and contracting techniques during his introductory director’s call. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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1st SOSS:Controlling the air

Airman 1st Class Patrick Nunn, an airfield systems technician with the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, examines a circuit board at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 17, 2016. Circuit boards, and many other complex pieces of military hardware, are susceptible to counterfeit components making their way into the supply chain. Personnel at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., will have the opportunity to learn how to respond to reports of counterfeit hardware during the Northeast U.S. Fraud Working Group, Oct. 26 at the Hanscom Conference Center.. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Pick)

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Hanscom community celebrates 70 years

Col. Roman Hund, beginning left, installation commander, Airman Cypress Panis, member of the 66th Security Forces Squadron, retired Gen. Donald Hoffman, retired Col. Clarence Dickson and Chief Master Sgt. Henry L. Hayes, Hanscom's command chief, cut the 70th Air Force birthday cake during the Air Force Ball in Burlington, Mass., Sept. 15. The Hanscom community gathered to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Air Force during the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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Flight Week introduces youth to aviation, space

Molly Ferland and Tayshaun Jackson work together during an activity during Aviation and Space Week at the STARBASE Academy July 24. During the weeklong camp, 20 middle school-aged children studied the nature of flight, flew aircraft simulations, created aircraft through computer aided design, launched rockets, flew drones and researched the International Space Station. (Linda LaBonte Britt)

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Spring cleaning the F-86

Peter C. Turilli, left, and Charles Harris, III, members of the 66th Civil Engineering Division, wash the F-86 static display on the corner of Barksdale and Forbes Streets on base June 13. The static display, which was mounted on base April 24, 1980, is washed and maintained annually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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Enlisted Airmen promoted during ceremony

Hanscom Command Chief Master Sgt. Patricia L. Hickey congratulates Airman 1st Class Emma Field on her promotion to E-3 during an enlisted promotion ceremony at the Minuteman Commons May 31. Field, a member of the C3I and Networks Directorate, was among several promoted during the monthly ceremony, typically held the last day of the month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)

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MDS welcomes new commander

Col. Russell L. Pinard, the new commander of the 66th Medical Squadron, shakes hands with Senior Master Sgt. Kristen Eberline, 66 MDS superintendent, following a change of command ceremony at the Minuteman Commons May 14. As commander, Pinard will oversee more than 150 MDS personnel with a beneficiary population of 130,000. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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AN/TPS-75 radar to be replaced

A AN/TPS-75 radar rests on the back of a transport vehicle at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., July 29, 2015. The AN/TPS-75 radar is capable of providing coverage of more than 200 nautical miles in every direction and detecting aircraft as high as 95,000 ft. Following release of a contract award May 11, 2017, the radar, dating to the Vietnam War era and containing vacuum tube technology, will be replaced by Raytheon Co. built three dimensional expeditionary long-range radars by 2028. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Ryan Zeski/Released)

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Thule AB, Greenland BMEWS radar site

A rainbow arches above the phased-array radar system at Ballistic Missile Early Warning System – I, at Thule Air Base, Greenland. The site is operated by the 12th Space Warning Squadron, a geographically separated unit of the 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., awarded a $40 million contract Dec., 2016 to Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems to upgrade hardware and software at the site. (Courtesy Photo)

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BMEWS phased array radar sites

Current state of early warning radar upgrades depicts various mission sets for the five solid-state early warning radars arrayed throughout the globe. A series of updates beginning in the late 1990s and culminating in 2020 adds the missile defense mission and brings all five sites to a common hardware and software configuration. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

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Holocaust memorial sculpture

Fred Manasse, a survivor of the Holocaust, donated this sculpture he created to a cemetery in Milton, Massachusetts in 2012, where it was stolen in September 2016 and now is in the process of being replaced. The two Stars of David commemorate his sister and 1.5 million other child victims of the holocaust. (Photo courtesy of Fred Manasse)

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Holocaust survivor historical photo

Fred Manasse, a Holocaust survivor, is flanked by his brother, Gus, and his father, Alfred, in Brussels December 1, 1939. Fred and his brother survived, but his father was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Manasse relayed his experiences as part of the Holocaust Days of Remembrance at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, April 24, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Fred Manasse)

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Electronic Flight Bag

Electronic Flight Bags reduce the number of printed documents required for flight crews. The Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center initiated a PlugTest of private-sector created hardened EFB applications, in order to encourage private innovation on Air Force electronic tools. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Weather keeps an eye on the sky

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron conduct an inspection of a Tactical Meteorological Observation System, or TMQ-53, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 16, 2016. The TMQ-53 collects weather data that includes wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, cloud height, precipitation and lightning. This data is compiled with more than 100 years of climatological observations stored by the 14th Weather Squadron in Asheville, North Carolina. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

Col. Roman L. Hund, installation commander, prepares to sign a proclamation in the Brown Building this week to designate April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., while Donna Lindenstruth, left, Tech. Sgt. Jessica Subia, Jersouk Touy, Capt. Jeremi Viloria and Carolyn McCafferty look on. National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month is an opportunity to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate members of the community about it. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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National Boys & Girls Club Week celebrated

Kayla Gervais, left, Brooke Osborne, center, and Chloe Sperry rake leaves outside the Youth Center as part of a community service project March 29. Throughout the week the Youth Center celebrated National Boys & Girls Club Week by recognizing the invaluable service they bring to the Hanscom community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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Air Force breaks ground on new dorms

Members of the official party break ground on a 25,000-square-foot enlisted dormitory during a groundbreaking ceremony on base March 13. Participating in the ceremony, from left-to-right, is Allen Shaffi, BBIX partner; Airman 1st Class Kenzie Williams, Dorm Council president; Command Chief Master Sgt. Patricia L. Hickey; Army Col. Christopher Barron, commander of Army Corps of Engineers New England District; and Col. Roman L. Hund, installation commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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Partnership brings program manager seminar to Hanscom

Hanscom program manager seminar students, University of Massachusetts Lowell representatives and MassDevelopment leadership pause for a group photo following a certificate presentation ceremony held at the Hanscom Education and Training Center July 26. The Hanscom students successfully completed the six-part seminar, which was part of an Education Partnership Agreement between Hanscom and UMass Lowell. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)

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