AFMC Command News

  • Commander talks challenges, impacts with AFMC's community leaders

    Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, meets with her Community Liaison Program members March 21, 2013, at command headquarters. Twenty-five civic leaders representing each of the command's nine Air Force bases, as well as Gunter Annex, Ala., met with the commander for a

  • Pentagon delays sending furlough notices to civilian workforce

    Pentagon officials have put off sending furlough notices to civilian employees until they've had a chance to analyze how pending legislation that would fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year will affect the Defense Department.Officials now estimate that furlough notices will go

  • Local high school campus named for AFMC commander

    Beavercreek City Schools dedicated its high school campus to Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, a 1976 Beavercreek graduate, in a ceremony held March 15.The campus was renamed the "General Janet C. (Libby) Wolfenbarger Campus at Beavercreek High School." The school is

  • Joint STARS paves the way with MIDS JTRS fielding

    Joint STARS recently became the first Air Force airborne system to fully retrofit new terminals that will improve warfighter communication.The Joint STARS Communications and Network Upgrade program successfully installed, tested and fielded the first of its Multifunctional Information Distribution

  • Fly-By-Wire F-15SA makes first flight

    The U.S. Air Force and its prime contractor Boeing have completed a successful first flight of the new F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft for the Royal Saudi Air Force. The F-15SA's maiden voyage took place on Feb. 20, 2013, at the Boeing facilities in St. Louis. The flight went as planned, meeting

  • Software team now tests wiring in minutes, not days

    Testing complex electrical wiring systems inside aircraft mainframes may sound a bit intimidating, but for a team from the 580th Software Maintenance Squadron here, it's just another day at the office. The team uses the Automatic Wire Test Set to support aircraft wire testing across not only

  • New Robins complex plating shop safer, more efficient

    The Advanced Metal Finishing Facility -- the newest building in the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex -- will boast a multitude of improved efficiencies and processes once it's up and running later this year.But, one of the new facility's greatest benefits will be reduced worker exposure to

  • New combined test force established for AEDC's newest test capability

    Arnold Engineering Development Complex's leadership recently heralded two firsts at the Complex -- the activation of the Space Combined Test Force, and acceptance of the new test and evaluation mission that the CTF will execute. The CTF integrates Air Force engineers with Aerospace Testing Alliance

  • F-35B arrives at Edwards for missions systems testing

    The F-35 Integrated Test Force expanded their aircraft inventory March 5 with the arrival of BF-17, which is the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the F-35 Lightning II and is operated by the Marine Corps. The aircraft arrived from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., and will

  • My educational journey: Education is power!

    Education is power! I now understand this statement because I've empowered myself with education. My struggle with school began early compared to my peers. My mother's limited education impacted my academic growth; however, I eventually became a first-generation college graduate.As a young child, I

  • AFMC to implement sequestration cuts, analyze impacts

    As a result of sequestration taking effect on March 1, the Air Force is expected to absorb more than $12 billion in reductions this fiscal year while simultaneously working to mitigate an overseas contingency operations funding shortfall and operating under a highly restrictive continuing

  • AFMC launches surplus supply site

    Air Force Materiel Command has launched a "Unit-Purchased Supplies Efficiency" site to help the command manage surplus supplies and equipment.All AFMC employees have access to the site -- an Enterprise Information Management / SharePoint site -- and they can post a listing of any excess supplies

  • Joint program suspension lifted, F-35s fly again at Eglin

    Another short-lived season of "cautionary suspension" has been lifted for F-35 Lightning II flying operations here, and the 33rd Fighter Wing resumed sortie generation March 1.An engine blade crack discovered at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 19 caused the entire joint strike fighter fleet to

  • AFMC Commander's Log -- Near Term Budgetary Actions

    Team AFMC, The budgetary uncertainties currently facing the Department of Defense combined with a projected $1.8 billion shortfall in Air Force funding for overseas contingency operations, require us to take prudent steps to mitigate budget execution risks.Based on guidance received last week from

  • AFMC Commander's Log -- Potential Civilian Furloughs

    Team AFMC, As many of you have likely heard or read by now, Secretary of Defense Panetta notified Congress that civilian employee furloughs may occur if budget sequestration takes effect March 1, 2013. Civilian employee furloughs, if enacted, would begin late April, following a 30-day notice.I share