AFMC Command News

  • Project FIERCE fuels the future of synthetic jet fuel generation

    Jet fuel relies on a complex network of drillers, refiners and shippers, but those who were near the Hsu STEM Range in Laurel Hill, Florida, July 27, 2022, heard the sounds of a small jet flying, heralding a new era for the jet fuel supply chain. Led by the Air Force’s Project FIERCE, this was the

  • AFIMSC programs help military families thrive 

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center and its subordinate units deliver morale, welfare and recreation programs, activities and infrastructure to build and sustain ready and resilient Airmen, Guardians and families.  

  • AFRL Innovation Awards recognize excellence in tech transfer

    The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates held their 2022 Innovation Awards ceremony in Albuquerque, Oct. 20, 2022, marking the fifth annual recognition of AFRL inventors and partners in technology transfer.

  • Preview 2023 TRICARE health plan costs

    Every year, TRICARE costs may change based on the law, the federal cost of living adjustment, changes in the cost of health care services and prescription drugs, and other factors. Depending on your TRICARE plan, you may see changes to your costs, including enrollment fees, premiums, cost-shares,

  • DAF announces 2022 Photo Contest winners

    With a theme for 2022 of “Celebrating Traditions,” program managers at the Air Force Services Center honored the Air Force’s 75th Birthday and gave photographers a chance to share their family and cultural traditions to highlight the diversity of military families.

  • Department of Defense improves access to child care resources

    Among the child development programs recently announced by the Department of Defense as part of the “Taking Care of Service Members and Families” initiative is one that improves access to off-site military child care fee assistance and expands access for in-home child care.The DOD child care fee

  • DOD offering additional assistance in finding employment for military spouses

    The well-being and readiness of service members is a top priority for the Defense Department, and in September, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced an action plan offering them and their families additional support.One of these includes providing assistance in finding employment for

  • Re-winging it: A-10 makeover

    After flying thousands of training and mission sorties over the span of 20 to 30 years, an A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to the 357th Fighter Generation Squadron received a new set of wings at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 11, 2022. This A-10 was the third airframe to undergo a wing

  • Daylight saving time: Fall back this Sunday

    Daylight saving time begins the second Sunday in March and ends the first Sunday in November, when clocks are adjusted one hour back to standard time.Congress instituted daylight savings time during World War I and again during World War II, and once again during the energy crisis of the early

  • Project Arc team works to make technical Airmen more operationally relevant

    Science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, career fields are part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, commanders’ intent to lead, discover, develop and deliver science, technology and innovation for warfighters. And with the recent report on a Line of Effort 3.6 showing low