AFMC Command News

  • AFMC mission operational under ‘new norm’

    With a focus on high priority, critical operational needs and ensuring the health and safety of Airmen, the Air Force Materiel Command continues to maintain support to the Air Force across all mission areas in the face of COVID-19.

  • Keeping our Eagles flying

    In 2007 an F-15 split apart in the skies over Missouri. The investigation determined a cracked longeron was the cause of accident. Since that time, the 402nd Aircraft Maintenance Group F-15 Sustainment Programs Office with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia,

  • Around the Air Force: A New Normal and A Message to Parents

    Today's look Around the Air Force features Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein addressing Air Force parents about COVID-19 concerns and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright begins a weekly video series, “The New Normal.”

  • AFSC Frontlines: Ruth Donato

    Ruth Donato, Robins Child Development Center pre-toddler lead teacher, cares for children throughout the fight against COVID-19.

  • Wright-Patterson changes base entry requirements

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Beginning Monday, April 20, only individuals with a valid Department of Defense identification card, Wright-Patterson AFB visitor pass or other base-issued pass will be allowed entry to the installation.This change is in response to COVID-19 and the current

  • Detachment 12 "Zooms" change of command

    The personnel from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Detachment 12, Kessel Run, take innovative approaches to their work. That carried over to the organization’s change of command April 15 when the ceremony took place via Zoom due to COVID-19 concerns.

  • Hanscom Exchange to offer curbside pickup

    The Main Exchange at Hanscom AFB now offers curbside pickup for orders placed online to help Airmen and their families practice good social distancing during COVID-19.

  • AFICC dashboard to help cleanup custodial costs

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Air Force Installation Contracting Center is set to launch a new dashboard in the coming weeks that will help installations save money with custodial services.The Custodial Services Dashboard directly supports category management, a federal government-wide

  • Tinker finds ways to stay social despite social distancing

    With current guidance under Health Protection Condition Level Charlie preventing non-mission essential gatherings of more than 10 people, organizations around Tinker Air Force Base have come up with ways to help keep Airmen social while still maintaining a physical distance.The 72nd Force Support

  • Team Hill Frontlines: Jed Hall

    Jed Hall works in the 309th Computer Maintenance Group as a cyber security liaison. His hometown is Plain City, Utah, and his hobbies include photography, videography, snowboarding, flying his drone, and reading.

  • AFRL holds Biotech Days

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory are using biotechnology solutions to address Air Force problems. Synthetic biology is being explored as a way to make novel chemical and materials, insect-inspired solutions are creating new ways to engineer

  • AFIMSC geospatial tools help commanders manage COVID-19 risk

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – An innovative solution by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center’s Detachment 4 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is giving commanders from U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa the ability to accurately assess operational risk and