AFMC Command News

  • DoD extends Uniformed Services ID expiration policy

    The Department of Defense (DoD) remains committed to ensuring the health and safety of all DoD personnel and beneficiaries and ensuring their continued access to healthcare and all authorized benefits.In its ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on identification card site

  • AFRL leaps forward in NTS-3 spacecraft development

    The Air Force Research Laboratory is excited to announce that the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) satellite navigation program is closer in the development of the spacecraft for its in-space demonstration, thanks to the delivery of its bus that will carry it to space in 2023.

  • Emergency paid leave funds still available to civilian employees

    Federal employees may be eligible to receive up to 600 hours, or 15 weeks of emergency paid leave for reasons relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The qualifying period runs now through Sept. 30, 2021. Paid leave is made available through the American Rescue Plan, which Congress passed into law in

  • Employee Resource Center helps keep workers mission-focused

    The Employee Resource Center, created in December 2020 for the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, provides information on retirements, benefits and entitlements, military buybacks, workers compensation matters, the Thrift Savings Plan, and many more areas to help

  • Men’s Health – Invest in Your Future

    June is Men’s Health Month, a time to emphasize men’s well-being and create awareness by providing men with powerful tips and information they can utilize to continue making their health a top priority.

  • National Museum USAF to open an aircraft one day each month

    The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will continue to provide the unique opportunity for visitors to get an up-close look inside a different aircraft from the collection each month on select days from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. In honor of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds performing in the 2021 Dayton Air

  • 'End of watch:' Defenders, family pay final respects to MWD Cvoky

    Retired military working dog Cvoky (See-vokee) was honored earlier this month during an end of watch ceremony in front of family members and fellow Defenders from the 75th Security Forces Squadron here. The 116-pound Belgian Malinois had been suffering from lymphoma cancer over the past few months

  • PTSD Awareness Month

    Many people know of PTSD, but may not fully understand how it affects people. It can affect those suffering from it differently, and it is important to understand that PTSD is more than a diagnosis.The month of June marks Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness month.

  • New simulator offers options for C-130J training

    The newest C-130J simulator, acquired by the Simulators Division of the Agile Combat Support Directorate within AFLCMC, allows crews to use a single simulator to train on multiple aircraft models.

  • Joint training enhances service readiness

    Airmen from the Air Force Materiel Command’s 635th Materiel Maintenance Group joined forces with the 9th Airlift Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware and Air Education and Training Command’s 49th Wing for a Major Command Service Tail Trainer exercise, June 1-10, 2021, at Holloman AFB, New

  • Software innovation drives ‘revolutionary’ zero trust effort

    Personnel from the AFNet Sustainment and Operations Branch here are partnering with the Air Combat Command Directorate of Cyberspace and Information Dominance to develop a modern software-based perimeter that will deliver zero trust capabilities to applications across the Air Force.

  • Space Test Branch helps change the world with decades of testing

    With the first ballistic missile being introduced in 1944 during World War II, the newest threat to the nations of the world was realized.At this time, the V-2 rockets, the world’s first long-range, guided, ballistic missiles, were not very accurate, but this new capability created new urgency for

  • Propulsion Test Branch at Arnold AFB helping power the Air Force since 1950s

    The Engine Test Facility (ETF), which is part of the AEDC Propulsion Test Branch at Arnold Air Force Base, was the first facility on base, with its construction completed in 1953.Equipment making up the ETF test cells, such as the motors and compressors, were confiscated from a Bavarian Motor Works