AFMC Command News

  • Directed Energy CTF oversees testing of anti-drone weapon

    Throughout 2020, the 704th Test Group’s Operating Location AA, part of the Directed Energy Combined Test Force, or DE CTF, focused much of its effort on the testing of weapons designed to prevent adversarial drone observation and assault.The latest system tested, the High Energy Laser Weapon System

  • Non-destructive inspection testing keeps aircraft flying, aircrew safe

    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Josh Gilley, 571st Commodities Maintenance Group Non-Destructive tester inspector with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, prepares his test equipment for inspecting screw holes on an F-15 aircraft wing at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Feb. 10, 2020. Each item

  • Division takes training to another world

    A dedicated team of true professionals who love what they do and make a positive impact on the warfighter is how Col. John Kurian describes the Simulators Division in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. 

  • AFIMSC trains 600 finance Airmen at virtual worldwide workshop

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Making sure Airmen and Guardians get the pay and compensation they need to concentrate on the mission is the focus of financial experts at every level of the Air Force. To make sure that continues to happen as smoothly as possible even in the COVID-19

  • Public Health updates COVID vaccine status

    Health professionals from the 66th Medical Squadron offered additional insight to Hanscom’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccination distribution plan during a virtual town hall here Feb. 10. Public Health officials augmented a previous town hall with questions from the community and explained recent updates to

  • Threat of ‘imminent death’ changed Wright-Patt Purple Heart recipient

    Senior Master Sgt. Bruce Haskin had some serious advice to bestow on friends and family after receiving the Purple Heart.“The threat of imminent death was the way many of us felt in Bagram that day. It brings a new perspective and new prioritization in life,” he said at a presentation ceremony Feb.

  • AFCEC helps feed the force at deployed location

    UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, Middle East – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is leading the $2.5 million construction of a new dining facility to streamline mealtime for U.S. and coalition forces at an allied base in the Middle East. The 11,840-square-foot building, expected to be completed by May, will

  • Cultural resources manager combines love of history, architecture

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force has a long, colorful and storied history – and Steve Byington has the good fortune to help carry it safely into the future.He gets to do that as the 88th Civil Engineer Group’s cultural resources manager, a job he’s held since August at

  • DOD outlines new mask guidance

    The memorandum states that all individuals on military installations and those performing official duties on behalf of DOD from any location other than home, including outdoor shared spaces, will wear masks. Masks must be in accordance with current CDC guidelines.

  • F-15EX completes first flight

    The first F-15EX completed its initial flight in St. Louis Feb. 2. The fighter jet took off and landed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Missouri.