AFMC Command News

  • Small business awards climb again

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – The AFLCMC Small Business Office followed up a record-setting $3.2 billion of awards in 2019 by eclipsing the mark with $3.6 billion in 2020. “We came in at actual small business spend from a percentage standpoint of over 10 percent which is the highest the

  • Wing’s 2020 Airman of the Year brings maturity to work

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Having joined the Air Force at age 22, Staff Sgt. Valerie Graw brought more life experience than a typical recruit and a considerable work ethic to her career. Her achievements and positive mindset won her the 88th Air Base Wing’s 2020 Airman of the Year

  • Air Force receives first F-15EX

    The U.S. Air Force officially accepted the first F-15EX from the Boeing Co. on March 10, 2021 at the company’s St. Louis facility.

  • AFRL 'x-ray vision' tool to reduce costs, time for 3-D part qualification

    The Air Force research Laboratory, in partnership with the Materials Solutions Network at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) of Cornell University, has developed a tool that can look directly inside of and instantaneously inspect the structure of composite components while they are

  • Brown looks to accelerate while changing Air Force culture

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. rarely disguises his intentions or pulls punches. He wants to go fast. He wants Airmen to succeed and feel enriched. He wants the best and most unvarnished information. Most of all, he wants to win.

  • VCSAF meets with accelerators of change in Boston

    Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin arrived at Logan International Airport on Monday and stepped off the aircraft with an extra sense of urgency. His flight wasn’t late, nor was he running behind schedule for his meeting in downtown Boston. Allvin’s deliberate stride was appropriate to

  • AFRL collaborates with Purdue University on autonomy challenge project

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Air Force Research Laboratory researchers are collaborating with Purdue University students on an autonomy challenge project, projected for completion in May 2021.“Collaboration with Purdue is an on-going effort that began in 2020 when AFRL established

  • AFCEC program builds installation, I&MS leaders of the future

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Second Lt. Eric Jochmans thought it would be years into his civil engineering career before he’d be part of any big decision making. But within a few months, he found himself alongside seasoned engineers evaluating thousands of new, cutting edge technologies being

  • Propulsion leader by day, champion rower by night

    An Air Force colonel and deputy director of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Propulsion Directorate looks back on his college days rowing crew - and how a lifelong passion for the sport has impacted his career and management style.

  • 309th SWEG receives DoD award for software maintenance excellence

    Brig. Gen. Cauley von Hoffman, Ogden Air Logistics Complex commander, Steven J. Morani, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics, and Jim Diamond, 309th Software Engineering Group director, during the presentation of the 2020 Rear Admiral Grace M. Hopper Award March 5, 2021, at