AFMC Command News

  • Robins Frontlines: Glassy Barnhart

    Glassy Barnhart, 78th Medical Operations Squadron licensed practical nurse, cares for patients at the medical clinic amidst COVID-19.The 78th MDOS provides comprehensive primary care and limited referral and space-available subspecialty care to TRICARE-enrolled patients at the medical group.The

  • Robins Frontlines: Jo Ciapponi

    Jo Ciapponi, Robins Air Force Base Commissary sales, services customers at the commissary checkout amidst COVID-19.The commissary carries a wide variety of grocery items as well as fresh deli sandwiches, rotisserie chicken, sushi, baked goods and cakes available all day.For all you do at Team Robins

  • Robins Frontlines: Athena Romo

    Athena Romo, Base Chapel coordinator, has kept busy taking care of Airmen while serving as the Refuge coffee bar manager as well as coordinating every event that takes place at the Refuge in the midst of COVID-19. While doing so, she’s encouraged physical distancing, along with all safety measures

  • Contracting finds remote solution to accomplish mission

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – Contracting experts here and at Hanscom AFB found two solutions to a long-standing limitation that allowed full mission execution despite distributed operations.The final proof is contracting actions are on the same pace as last year without any slowing due to

  • NPC determined to be a successful proof of concept

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – Culminating with an in-flight demonstration on April 30, 2020, the Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) proof of concept prototype successfully proved its capability to potentially transport individuals with infectious diseases, such as COVID-19.Air Force Materiel Command

  • Tinker Frontlines: Meet Allen Kalsem

    Tinker Frontlines: Meet Allen KalsemAllen Kalsem works in the produce section of the Tinker Commissary and has worked at the store for about six months.His duties include stocking shelves as quickly as possible after trucks come in and cleaning and disinfecting the produce area.He says the best part

  • Simulators Division seeking new technology

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Lifecycle Management Center Simulators Division is looking for the next set of innovative and revolutionary technologies to award AFWERX Phase II contracts at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in

  • Second vendor F-35 canopy testing complete

    Testers from the Holloman High Speed Test Track, in conjunction with members of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, Lockheed Martin, Martin Baker, and BAE Systems, successfully conducted an F-35 static ejection seat test to evaluate pilot survivability using a canopy transparency from a new

  • C3I&N to talk job opportunities via live chat

    Officials from one of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center acquisition directorates will address questions regarding available positions during a live chat session on Facebook May 5 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. EST to discuss job opportunities.

  • “Wise Guy” arrives at Tinker

    “Wise Guy,” B-52H Stratofortress tail number 60-034, arrived at Tinker Air Force Base April 1 to undergo programmed depot maintenance at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex.PDM is the final part of a three-phase process to regenerate the aircraft and deliver rapid, effective, affordable combat

  • F-15 swap accomplished amid pandemic

    Four pilots from the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Forces Lakenheath in England flew two F-15 aircraft in need of programmed depot maintenance into the Warner Robins Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, April 3. Thanks to the work of the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and an