AFMC Command News

  • Senate confirms 3 AFMC senior leader nominations

    Air Force officials announced April 27, 2012, the Senate confirmations of three Air Force Materiel Command senior leaders' nominations.Officials announced the Senate confirmation of Maj. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to the rank of

  • AFMC to promote Employee Physical Fitness Month in May

    May is National Employee Physical Fitness Month, a time for all us to focus on developing and/or maintaining a fit and healthy workforce. Air Force Materiel Command will be promoting its "Be Active: Physical Fitness and Activity Initiative" throughout the month. According to the Centers of Disease

  • Hanscom recognized as best in command for YoCCAF

    Throughout the course of the Year of the Community College of the Air Force initiative in 2011, Hanscom saw a 12 percent increase in the number of participants who received their CCAF degree and a 22 percent increase in the number of enrollees in CCAF, making it the No. 1 base in Air Force Materiel

  • Edwards bids farewell to Air Force's first C-17

    The U.S. Air Force's first C-17 Globemaster III, known as T-1, takes off April 23, 2012, for the final time as it departs Edwards Air Force Base to arrive at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. T-1, tail number 87-0025, had its first flight on Sept. 15, 1991, when it was delivered from the

  • Doolittle Raider visits museum for 70th anniversary event

    Maj. Thomas C. Griffin (right), one of five surviving members of the famous Doolittle Raiders, chats with crew members of the Miss Hap B-25 bomber at the National Museum of the United States Air Force April 17, 2012. Griffin and other Raiders are at the museum this week for the 70th anniversary of

  • Edwards parachute testers jump at chance to test

    In an environment where flight test is synonymous with the words Edwards Air Force Base, aircraft aren't the only components being tested on a continued basis.Thanks to a team under the 418th Flight Test Squadron, the Parachute Test Team at Edwards continues to provide peace of mind for fliers and

  • Air Force names new AFMC command chief

    Air Force officials announced April 12, 2012, that Chief Master Sgt. Michael J. Warner will become Air Force Materiel Command's new command chief.Chief Warner comes to AFMC from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, where he has served as 11th Air Force command chief master sergeant and senior

  • New jet engine test cells under construction at Tinker

    Two more jet-engine test cells are under construction here.According to Mason Hopkins, Engine Test Program Manager with the 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group, one of the structures will provide depot testing capability for the F135 engine, the power plant in the F-35 Lightning II jet fighter that

  • Hold the line: Truth is hard to hear, but can set you free

    As a master sergeant and the newly appointed squadron superintendent, I felt it was important to provide our unit's Airmen with an honest assessment of their performance. Seizing an opportunity, I asked a staff sergeant to come by my office for a chat. The staff sergeant was one of our hardest

  • B-1 mission planning software early release improves capabilities

    The Electronic Systems Center recently completed an early fielding of B-1 Mission Planning Release 6.0 software.This release provides new features and capabilities and minimizes the time currently needed to do mission planning."Currently, the user has to conduct mission planning by using a previous

  • SecAF: Air Force trading size for quality

    In the current economic environment, the best course of action for the U.S. Air Force is to "trade size for quality," said Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley March 30, 2012, in a keynote address to attendees of the 39th Tinker and Community Dining Out at the Tinker Club.The secretary said

  • SecAF lands at Edwards

    Team Edwards received a visit from its top leader March 26, 2012. Secretary of the Air Force, The Honorable Michael B. Donley, arrived at Edwards Air Force Base for a three-day tour to observe Team Edwards' Airmen in action. While at Edwards the SECAF observed flight testing of key airframes such as

  • SecAF visits F-35 test program at Edwards AFB

    "You continue to make history - literally every day - with the work you do here." These words of affirmation were given by Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley during his visit to the Edwards F-35 Integrated Test Force March 28 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Donley, who was at Edwards March

  • Enlisted corps honors AFMC commander with Order of the Sword

    Taking part in an evening filled with pageantry and steeped in military tradition, Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman was inducted into the AFMC Order of the Sword during a March 30, 2012, ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force."This honor tonight certainly is