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Hanscom community leaders gain new insights with travel to Tinker
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Hanscom AFB-area civic leaders (from left) Anne Marie Dowd, executive vice president of legislative affairs for Mass Development, Alan Macdonald, executive director of the Massachusetts Defense Technology Initiative, and Maureen Rogers, president of the North Suburban Chamber of Commerce, took part in Air Force Materiel Command’s Community Leadership Program at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., May 1-3. (Photo by Margo Wright)
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By John Scaggs
AFMC Public Affairs
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Community leaders from 11 states with ties to Air Force Materiel Command visited one of the command’s three depot repair bases -- Tinker AFB, Okla. -- May 1-3 as part of AFMC’s Community Leadership Program.
The program increases community leaders’ awareness and understanding of the Air Force’s role in national security by inviting groups of civilian opinion leaders to witness the Air Force mission by touring an AFMC base. In return, attendees disseminate information to various publics about the Air Force’s programs.
Among those from Massachusetts who participated in the program were Maureen Rogers, president and chief executive officer, North Suburban Chamber of Commerce; Alan MacDonald, executive director, Massachusetts Defense Technology; and Anne Marie Dowd, executive vice president, Legislative Affairs, Massachusetts Development Finance Agency.
During their visit, they received briefings and toured the 552nd Air Control Wing, where they learned about the E
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