AFMC Command News

  • JTTOCC refines wing's range operations

    The Joint Test and Training Operations Control Center officially replaced the 46th Test Wing's Range Operations Control Center during a small ceremony here June 14, 2012.The JTTOCC also co-located the range control function with Eglin's radar control facility. The 46 TW developed the JTTOCC to

  • AFMC ready to transition to 5-Center construct

    With three major milestones complete, Air Force Materiel Command officials are ready to consolidate the number of centers as part of its command-wide transition to the 5-Center construct.Centers will be activated at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and Tinker AFB, Okla., in the coming weeks. At Edwards

  • AFMC's new command chief eager to move enlisted force forward

    During his 25 years as an Airman, Chief Master Sgt. Michael Warner has followed two basic principles: take advantage of every opportunity, and bloom where you're planted.As the new command chief master sergeant of Air Force Materiel Command, Warner offered the same advice to others."Do everything

  • How low can you go? Hanscom starts new energy competition

    A new energy competition is underway at Hanscom called "How Low Can You Go?" The competition requires little effort but big results, as it focuses on energy consumption during the weekend. "We want people to place special focus on their pre-weekend shutdown measures," said Tom Schluckebier, base

  • Wolfenbarger receives fourth star, assumes leadership of AFMC

    Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger became the first female four-star general in the Air Force and assumed the top position of the major command responsible for the technology, acquisition, test and sustainment of the service's current and future weapon systems during ceremonies here June 5, 2012.Wolfenbarger

  • Hold the Line: Don't aim for average

    As members of the Air Force, we should be committed to a standard of excellence. Our service adopted a new motto in 2010 that exemplifies this -- "Aim High...Fly-Fight-Win." The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force said, "This motto encompasses what Airmen say about what it means to serve in this

  • Team Edwards members earn DOD security certification

    A program developed by security professionals, for security professionals, is now giving Edwards employees the chance to further their careers and enhance security at base units. The Defense Security Service's Security Professional Education Development program, or SPeD, provides online training and

  • My educational journey: Use your influence

    I entered the Air Force in September 2000 and had no ambitions to get an education; I felt the Air Force would give me all the education and training I needed to accomplish my job. At my first assignment, I focused on CDCs and learning my career field. Four years passed and my second assignment was

  • Edwards AFB shows why seminar is no small business

    Team Edwards once again welcomed and presented small businesses with an opportunity to learn and further enhance their knowledge of the Air Force Flight Test Center's mission and how to participate in the base's acquisition process. Hosted by the AFFTC Small Business Programs Office, the Edwards

  • Increased diversity, cyberspace highlight Gen. Hoffman's 42-year career

    In the past three and a half years, he's overseen the reorganization of the Air Force's most complex and diverse command, managed some of the most drastic budget reductions in the service's history and been a champion of energy conservation.Gen. Donald Hoffman's tenure as commander of Air Force

  • AFMC command chief reflects on 30-year career 'adventure'

    Air Force Materiel Command's top enlisted sergeant will end his military career June 1, 2012, bringing to a close a career that he says launched a "great adventure" around the world.Chief Master Sgt. Eric Jaren, AFMC's command chief, will say goodbye during a retirement ceremony at the National

  • Aircrew members undergo some SERE-ous training

    For Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists stationed at Edwards, they're not only trained to survive in austere conditions, but they train aircrew members to do the same.As part of a course called Initial Survival Training, both military and civilian aircrew members undergo three and a

  • F-35B lifts off for first flight at Eglin

    An F-35B Lightning II made its first flight at Eglin Air Force Base May 22, 2012, two months after the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing officially introduced the Marine Corps' fifth generation fighter to the world at the 33rd Fighter Wing."Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 has had an exciting year

  • Air Force Marathon sells out in record time

    The 2012 Air Force Marathon was already destined to be the largest ever, and now it will be the quickest to sell out completely as well.The final 50 spots for the full marathon were snapped up early May 18 to make the sell-out official."I'm amazed at how this race has taken on a life of its own,"