AFMC News

Sept. 26, 2022
Air Force announces hypersonic missile contract award

The Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile is an air-launched, scramjet-powered hypersonic weapon designed to hold high-value targets at risk in contested environments from standoff distances.
Sept. 23, 2022
Offutt’s runway replacement project nears completion

The end is in sight!After boarding more than 19,000 bus trips and racking up 1.2 million miles across I-80, Offutt Air Force Base’s new $168.9 million runway is scheduled to reopen Sept. 30, 2022.
Sept. 23, 2022
Engineering pioneer recounts early days of Air Force acquisitions

An early member of the Aeronautical Systems Division, a predecessor organization of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, recently made the trek to Dayton, Ohio, site of the early days of his flight test career.
Sept. 22, 2022
CFC kickoff aids charities on base, surrounding communities

The Dayton District’s 61st annual Combined Federal Campaign kickoff is scheduled for Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the USO Center on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Sept. 22, 2022
Austin pledges to 'ease the load' for service members

In a memo titled "Taking Care of Our Service Members and Families," Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III outlined efforts to address the needs of married service members and their families, as well as single service members.
Sept. 22, 2022
Air Force Marathon announces featured aircraft for 2023 event

During the “After Party at The Greene” on Sept. 17 in Beavercreek, officials announced the HH-60W Jolly Green II, MH-139 Grey Wolf and UN-1N Huey as the featured helicopters.
Sept. 22, 2022
AFCEC Wildland Fire Branch ignites new tribal partnership

The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leveraging the invaluable local knowledge of Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes members to build a better prescribed burn program at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma.
Sept. 21, 2022
AFMC commander visits KAFB, AFNWC

Capt. Leah M. McNell, protocol officer, 377th Air Base Wing; Col. Jason F. Vattioni, commander, 377th Air Base Wing; and Maj. Gen. John P. Newberry, commander, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, wait for Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, to disembark from his aircraft
Sept. 21, 2022
CMSAF announces ‘Purple Book,’ talks people, readiness, culture at AFA

Bass presented her keynote address and took pride in introducing the “The Joint Team,” commonly known as the Purple Book, which aims to help Airmen become better joint-minded service members.
Sept. 21, 2022
Embedded Air Force medics enhance security forces readiness training

Some Airmen dedicate their lives to protecting and defending; others dedicate their lives to healing and saving the lives of those who do.
Sept. 20, 2022
B-21 bomber to be unveiled first week in December

The Air Force confirmed today it plans to reveal the B-21 Raider in the first week of December during an unveiling ceremony hosted and sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Corporation at its production facilities in Palmdale, California.
Sept. 20, 2022
NextGen 2.0 helmets on the way to Defenders across DAF

Defenders at installations across the Department of the Air Force are set to don the Security Forces NextGen Helmet 2.0 later this year.
Sept. 19, 2022
Brown cites Air Force history as fuel for accelerating change, meeting today’s complex security challenges

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. urged the Total Force Sept. 19 to focus intently, to move fast and “accelerate change” in reshaping the service to meet modern-day threats.
Sept. 19, 2022
CBRN VALEX offers glimpse into future emergency management training

The future of Air Force emergency management (EM) training is taking shape in a remote Utah desert.
Sept. 19, 2022
New aircraft added to BACN fleet

Hanscom’s Battlefield Airborne Communication Node, or BACN, team recently added a new aircraft to their fleet.

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