AFMC News

Sept. 30, 2022
Enterprise Logistics Readiness Portfolio: Delivering capability to delight the user

The Enterprise Logistics Readiness Portfolio (AFLCMC/GBS), under the Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Directorate is uniquely constructed to mimic a Department of Air Force (DAF) Logistics Readiness Squadron to deliver Supply Chain Materiel Management, management of critical safety items, and
Sept. 29, 2022
AFMC Connect October Focus: Endurance

The AFMC Connect focus for October is Endurance.
Sept. 29, 2022
Casting new methods of production saves Air Force time, money

The 448th Supply Chain Management Wing, part of the Air Force Sustainment Center, has a new additive manufacturing approach to solve an old problem, sourcing hard to acquire parts for legacy aircraft. By digitally recreating the mold used to create cast parts, instead of building the part from
Sept. 28, 2022
Tyndall Rebuild Update: Summer 2022 delivers more MILCON awards, construction rehearsal

Tyndall Air Force Base recently added more military construction (MILCON) project awards to the rebuild roster and got a sneak peek at what simultaneous construction activities will look like at the base.
Sept. 28, 2022
AFTC kicks off new digital engineering efforts

Hot off the publication of its Digital Modernization Strategy, The Air Force Test Center kicked-off three digital-engineering efforts to provide on-ramps for the Air Force’s evolving digital-engineering technology ecosystem.
Sept. 28, 2022
Museum to host World War I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous

Visitors are invited to take a step back in time to the earliest years of aerial combat at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s World War I Dawn Patrol Rendezvous, Oct. 7 and 8. Sights, sounds and activities for the whole family will take place throughout the museum complex as we look back to
Sept. 28, 2022
Policy enables Airmen to retain Next to Skin, Defender Gear for Life during PCS

In 2017, the Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate’s ILS-S Program Office fielded a new capability providing worldwide Mobility asset managers a Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) compliant capability for the full accounting of shipped, received, disposed, stocked, and issued
Sept. 27, 2022
AFRL commander moderates future of propulsion panel at AFA Air, Space, Cyber Conference

Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, moderated a future of propulsion panel comprised of Air Force experts Sept. 21, 2022, during the Air and Space Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National
Sept. 26, 2022
AFSC Airman named Outstanding Airman of the Year

This year’s list of 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year includes a member of the Air Force Sustainment Center. Tech. Sgt. Jennifer G. Thomas, 635th Supply Chain Operations Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis AFB, Virginia, received the Technical Sergeant Outstanding Airman of the Year Award. She was
Sept. 26, 2022
DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness

The Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site’s Advanced Electro-Optical System, or AEOS, the Department of Defense’s largest telescope, measuring 3.6 meters or 11.9 feet, has received a face-lift.
Sept. 26, 2022
BYU, Air Force enter new educational partnership to foster ongoing collaboration

Brigham Young University and the U.S. Air Force have entered into a five-year agreement that formally authorizes faculty and students to work side by side with Hill Air Force Base personnel on Department of Defense research.
Sept. 26, 2022
Safety tips for hurricane evacuation, shelter-in-place

Tips for safely evacuating or sheltering-in-place during a major hurricane.
Sept. 26, 2022
AFRL, New York Air National Guard enter operational research partnership

The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, in Rome, has announced a partnership memorandum of understanding with the 152nd Air Operations Group, or AOG, of the New York Air National Guard to expand development, experimentation and integration of artificial intelligence/machine
Sept. 26, 2022
‘Accelerate Change or Lose’: Applying Brown’s action order to modernize aircraft GPS

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is working on the next generation aircraft navigation system.
Sept. 26, 2022
AFIMSC revamps tool to save manhours, deliver timely tracking of travel dollars

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is launching a revamped tool Oct. 1 to help traffic managers enterprise-wide customers save time and streamline reporting when it comes to unused government-issued ticket reimbursement.

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