AFMC News

Oct. 25, 2021
Masters earns high honor from aerospace organization

A member of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex team is among a group of professionals from around the globe who will soon be formally honored for their contributions to the aerospace field.Dr. James Masters, a model and simulation engineer at Arnold Air Force Base, the headquarters of AEDC,
Oct. 25, 2021
How to prevent the flu

Influenza (flu) season happens every year, beginning in the fall and continuing through the spring. Flu is a potentially serious illness that can lead to a few days of feeling bad and missing work, or it may result in more serious health complications.
Oct. 25, 2021
Holloman High Speed Test Track completes two recovery missions at over 5,000-feet per second

Since July 2021, the 846th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., successfully stopped two sleds traveling over 5,000-feet per second on a monorail as part of the Hypersonic Sled Recovery, or HSR, effort.According to Daniel Lopez, project manager for the test that was completed in July, the
Oct. 25, 2021
53rd unit tests container against chemical/biological attacks

Agile Combat Support division engineers and chemists evaluated the heavily modified and instrumented CONEX’s airlock functionality, clean-air requirements, purge rates, leakage tests and overall ability to withstand a contaminated environment.
Oct. 22, 2021
Telework supplement continues to drive AFMC culture change

The Air Force Materiel Command has developed supplemental guidance to the Air Force telework policy as part of ongoing efforts to lead the enterprise in workplace change.
Oct. 22, 2021
Partnerships maximize warfighter core capabilities

The Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex has multiple partnerships that support the sustainment mission at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.One of those partnerships is with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Automated Test System Program Office and the WR-ALC 581st Software Engineering
Oct. 22, 2021
Air Force partners with Twelve, proves it’s possible to make jet fuel out of thin air

Air Force Operational Energy endorsed the carbon transformation company Twelve to launch a pilot program to demonstrate that their proprietary technology could convert CO2 into operationally viable aviation fuel called E-Jet. The project hit a major milestone in August of this year when Twelve
Oct. 22, 2021
Distance does not deter Airmen learning to communicate, connect

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Seven civilian personnel completed a John C. Maxwell Mastermind communication course facilitated by Air Force Materiel Command in September.The course, based on Maxwell’s book, “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect,” was led by Mary Moore, an alternate master
Oct. 21, 2021
AFRL, industry launch revolutionary spacecraft technology - Oscillating Heat Pipes

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory has partnered with ThermAvant Technologies and Maxar Technologies to develop and deploy the next generation of spacecraft thermal control technology. The groundbreaking technology, Oscillating Heat Pipes (OHPs), provides
Oct. 21, 2021
AFRL team collaborates with partners to build innovative airframe, test in state-of-the-art facility

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Under the Design for Manufacture of Attritable Aircraft Primary Structure (DMAAPS) program, an Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate team of researchers and engineers tested a low cost attritable aircraft fuselage and wings design,
Oct. 21, 2021
AFTC Commander learns more about the AEDC mission

This month, Maj. Gen. Evan Dertien made his first visit to Arnold Air Force Base since taking on his latest role as the commander of the Air Force Test Center.During his two-day stop, Dertien had the opportunity to see many of the test facilities on base and speak with experts in each of the mission
Oct. 21, 2021
Air Force Materiel Command reaches IOC as servicing major command for Space Force

The Air Force Materiel Command declared Initial Operational Capability for its support to the U.S. Space Force on Oct. 1, 2021. The IOC milestone means AFMC is well on its way to fully supporting the Space Force as its Servicing Major Command for Space Force-assigned Airmen.
Oct. 20, 2021
Be a changemaker through the Combined Federal Campaign 2021

You can be the face of change through the combined federal campaign program that begins Oct. 25 and runs through Jan. 14, 2022. The CFC is the official workplace giving campaign for all people associated with the military, and has been for the past 60 years.
Oct. 20, 2021
Accelerating change leads to National Safety Council Rising Star of Safety.

Senior Master Sgt. Victorio Gutierrez, a prior aircraft maintainer, was named a Rising Star of Safety by the National Safety Council for his efforts to accelerate change through new safety initiatives.
Oct. 20, 2021
AFRL scientists, engineers to be honored for exceptional career achievements

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory will honor 17 scientists and engineers October 25 for their outstanding career accomplishments during the laboratory’s 2021 Virtual Fellows and Science and Engineering Early Career Awards Ceremony. This year’s

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