HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, July 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Jennifer Parks, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Weather Systems Branch at Hanscom Air Force Base recently awarded a contract to Tomorrow Companies Inc., to build on a weather data constellation in orbit. Funded through the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies program, the contract supports the developme  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, July 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Base officials held a change of responsibility ceremony here July 9 to mark the transition of command chief duties from Chief Master Sgt. Alan Weary to Chief Master Sgt. Jason Vollmer. The ceremony, a first-ever at Hanscom AFB, was officiated by Col. Taona Enriquez. "This [ceremony] demonstrates to the formation that the responsib  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTONA repeat convicted felon pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to criminal charges relating to possessing a firearm, multiple rounds of ammunition and fentanyl intended for distribution while on federal supervised release. Francisco Gabriel Diaz, 32, of Boston, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distrib  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, July 12 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Jerry Saslav, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Maj. Yaira Nevarez-Samshair took command of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Detachment 7 here during a ceremony here July 10. Lt. Gen. Donna D. Shipton, commander, AFLCMC, presided over the ceremony, in which Lt. Col. Andrew Travis relinquished command. "Andy, you have been my on-site commander for military justice, personnel  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, July 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Mark Herlihy, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Col. Jorge Jimenez assumed command of the 66th Air Base Group during a ceremony held at the Aero Club Hangar July 10. Lt. Gen. Donna D. Shipton, commander, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, presided over the event. "It is my pleasure to introduce Col. Jorge Jimenez and his family to the Hanscom family," she said during her  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: RUTLAND, Vt.The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Melvin Hill, 45, who formerly lived in Tignall, Georgia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Rutland following his trial conviction on five drug and gun charges. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford sentenced Hill to 180 months of imprisonment,   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Yiyu (Jason) Wang, an R&D associate staff member in the Materials Science and Technology Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will receive the Professor Koichi Masubuchi Award from the American Welding Society, or AWS. He will be presented with the honor at the 2024 AWS Annual Meeting in October in Orlando, Florida. The award is spon  more