AFMC Command News

  • Local CFC director points to monetary, volunteer opportunities

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- There is more than one way that individuals can play a part in this year's Combined Federal Campaign, which will hold a special COVID-19 solicitation to support local charities.Susy Himelhoch, director of the Ohio Combined Federal Campaign, Dayton District,

  • Military Personnel Flight serves mission-essential personnel

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Military Personnel Flight, part of the 88th Force Support Squadron, has maintained its mission during COVID-19 to ensure essential personnel can continue their work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The flight’s sections, housed in Bldg. 2, Area A,

  • AF acquisition solutions enterprise names new executive director

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Anthony “Tony” W. Everidge, a newly appointed member of the Senior Executive Service, has been named executive director of the Air Force Installation Contracting Center, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, Air Force Materiel Command,

  • AFSAC awards $524 million construction contract

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Construction Division recently awarded a $524 million contract to a joint venture between Bahadir Construction Engineering Contracting and Trading Company & Impresa

  • Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office to launch sustainment innovation hub

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) is changing how the Air Force delivers new and emerging technology to the Sustainment Enterprise. The RSO’s latest initiative is the creation of the Identify-Apply-Scale (IAS), a first-of-its-kind capability devoted

  • AFMC hosts virtual hybrid PCIP Symposium

    The Air Force Materiel Command hosted the first ever virtual-hybrid Premier College Internship Program (PCIP) Symposium June 15, as the Air Force initiative moves into the fourth year.Approximately 325 first and second year college students virtually “descended” on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to

  • Roessig taking AEDC experience to Air Force Test Center

    An Arnold Engineering Development Complex Test Operations Division leader will take his experience and skills to a new position at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where he will serve as Vice Commander of the Air Force Test Center, or AFTC.Col. Keith Roessig’s time stationed at Arnold Air Force

  • Schmidt cites C3I&N covid-era achievements, productivity

    Maj. Gen. Michael Schmidt, program executive officer for Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks, headquartered here, provided an update on his portfolio during a virtual meeting with members of the Hanscom Representatives Association June 10.

  • Do’s and don’ts for displaying Old Glory

    In 1923, the U.S. National Flag Code was created and distributed nationwide. The code became Public Law in 1942 and became the U.S. Flag Code we know today. The U.S. Flag Code lays out the ways to display and respect the flag of the United States.For example: The flag should not be on display

  • Rules of Reveille and Retreat

    Anyone who has spent time on a military installation knows that if its morning or late afternoon and trumpets blast through the speakers, traffic stops and salutes are smartly snapped in the direction of the flag.But, not everyone seems to know what to do when the music plays. Hopefully the Q&A

  • Lab testing medical equipment in new isolation container prototypes

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AFLCMC) – The lab responsible for ensuring that medical equipment is safe to operate and fly on Air Force aircraft is currently in the process of testing, collecting, and analyzing data on how medical devices perform inside the Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) and NPC

  • 88th Air Base Wing welcomes new installation commander

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Col. Patrick G. Miller accepted command of the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, during a ceremony held at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, June 12.Miller succeeded Col. Thomas Sherman, who will serve as the principal military

  • MDS offers health, safety tips prior to Phase 2A

    Officials from the 66th Medical Squadron offer multiple health and safety tips to employees as the installation enters into the next phase of COVID-19 operations.The installation commander announced that Hanscom will transition into Phase 2A, also known as the “Cautious Phase,” of the multiphase