AFMC Command News

  • 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

  • Spark Revolution to host Innovation Studio event

    Officials from the Spark Revolution team here will host an Innovation Studio event at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Institute’s Northstar campus in Lincoln, Massachusetts, Nov. 7.

  • Fight the Flu –It starts with you!

    Concerned about catching the flu? We are all at risk for getting and spreading the flu. Learn how to fight the flu – it starts with you!

  • AFGSC saves millions, increases safety through CSP

    Modernization and innovation make the Air Force always ready, but modernizing takes time and money, while innovating requires new ideas. Air Force Global Strike Command B-2 Requirements division recently expedited this process, saving millions of dollars and six years of work by using AFWERX to

  • Guidance given on use of bereavement leave

    The Office of Personnel Management has offered guidance on how government agencies should implement the benefit providing federal workers with up to two weeks of paid bereavement leave following the death of a child. The new leave was adopted as part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.

  • AFRL celebrates unified science and technology enterprise

    The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, recognized the 25th anniversary of one AFRL at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2022, with a celebration led by AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle and Chief Master Sgt. James “Bill” Fitch, AFRL command chief. The event honored the

  • Flu season is here: The time is now to vaccinate

    Fall is in full swing, and the season does not only mark the beginning of pumpkin spice lattes and festivals, but it is also recommended to schedule your influenza and COVID-19 vaccine. These vaccinations, authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, are highly encouraged because they remain an

  • AFTC gains new test capability

    Members of the 716th Test Squadron and Integrated Analysis Branch of the 804th Test Group of Arnold Engineering Development Complex are advancing the test capabilities available to develop and prove the superiority of those systems needed to meet the demands of the National Defense Strategy with the

  • Winter Olympic application window is open for Olympic hopefuls

    Time is running out for Airmen, Guardians, Reservists and Guardsmen who dream of representing the Department of the Air Force in the next Winter Olympics. Guardian and Airmen athletes have until Nov. 7 to apply for the DAF World Class Athlete Program (WCAP), managed by the Air Force Services Center,