AFMC News

April 9, 2025
Leading recruiter teams offers challenges, opportunities

When most people think about a military recruiter, they picture someone at a booth in a school or event, encouraging young people to join the military.
April 7, 2025
From helicopters to pavement, one AFLCMC lieutenant moves fast

A program manager by day and elite athlete by night. One AFLCMC runner hopes to make the 2028 Olympic team.
April 7, 2025
The Department of Defense announces Deferred Resignation Program, VERA

The Department of Defense announced a Deferred Resignation Program and Voluntary Early Retirement Authority for civilian employees
April 7, 2025
University students to present new aerospace propulsion concepts at Air Force Museum

APOP is a partnered outreach program for engineers who are entering the workforce. It allows university engineering students an opportunity to work with Air Force engineers and challenges them to modify small gas turbine engines and innovate on current turbine engine designs.
April 7, 2025
Developing Lethality: Steward of the Digital Thread

Success on future battlefields will depend on how quickly the Air Force can develop, test, and integrate lethal capabilities across air, space, and cyberspace.
April 6, 2025
AFIMSC celebrates 10 years of making Air Force success its mission

On April 6, 2015, the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center was activated to centralize management support and consolidate enterprise-level installation and mission support operations to help commanders focus on their primary mission areas. Ten years later, AFIMSC is celebrating its
April 4, 2025
AFMC top performers set the standard for excellence

Air Force Materiel Command honored its top performers during the 2024 Annual Excellence Awards virtual ceremony at AFMC headquarters.
April 3, 2025
From high school graduation to careers, Edwards students obtain full-time positions on base

There is nothing wrong with growing where you are planted. That statement rings true for two Edwards Air Force Base, California, team members.
April 3, 2025
Digital future of sustainment: how OC-ALC is leading the way

As the largest aerospace maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility in the Department of Defense, OC-ALC sustains some of the Air Force’s most vital assets, from the venerable B-52 Stratofortress to the future sustainment mission of the B-21 Raider.
April 3, 2025
Surviving Sunday: Former Airman credits fitness, safety course for survival

The distance between his motorcycle and the broad side of a box truck closes quicker than he can form a thought. He doesn’t think, he reacts with front brake, rear brake, no clutch and then his body and his bike slam into the stalled vehicle.
April 3, 2025
From keyboards to rucksacks: An Air Force acquisition officer’s journey through the Army Ranger Course

Capt. Daniel Webber boasts a trait rarely associated with Air Force acquisitions officers – he’s lethal. Since 2015, of the 150 Airmen who started the Army’s Ranger Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, only 84 graduated and earned the right to wear the coveted Ranger Tab. Webber joined the microcosm of
April 3, 2025
WR-ALC Aerospace Sustainment Directorate integrates, optimizes aircraft sustainment

Sustaining a fleet of high-performance aircraft is a complex endeavor, requiring a symphony of efforts from various teams across the Air Force.Leading the charge in this integration of logistics and engineering at Robins AFB is the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex Aerospace Sustainment
April 2, 2025
Air Force FMS lead visits Indo-Pacific region

Currently serving as Director of the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate (AFSAC), as well as Director of International Affairs for the Air Force Materiel Command, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Geraghty and his team are responsible for executing a foreign military sales portfolio valued at
April 2, 2025
Autonomous F-16 program advances with modifications, simulations

Fighting Falcon undergoing changes to fly autonomously. Aircraft simulations occurring at rapid speeds to provide massive data to improve autonomy.
April 1, 2025
Tailoring Generative AI: A Secure Sandbox and The Need for Role-Specific Training, Resources

The effort, spearheaded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), focuses on equipping personnel with the knowledge and skills to use generative AI tools responsibly and ethically across a range of mission-critical functions.

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