AFMC Command News

  • Commentary: A stranger in line

    DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- I had an experience some months ago that I will regret for the rest of my life. I’d like to share it and what I learned from it.My wife asked me late at night to get some milk from the store, so we’d be prepared for a special breakfast with our kids the next morning.

  • CSAF names new AFRL commander, Chief Technology Officer

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Brig. Gen. Heather L. Pringle, director, strategic plans, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. has been named inbound commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory.Gen. David L. Goldfein, Air Force

  • Hill introducing sponsorship program for junior Airmen

    Hill Air Force Base has partnered with a local non-profit organization to offer Home Base, a support initiative that focuses on strengthening the resiliency and wellbeing of junior Airmen by pairing them with volunteer families in the local community.

  • Air Force announces 2019 Safety Awards

    Air Force Chief of Safety Maj. Gen. John T. Rauch Jr. recently announced the recipients of the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Staff Safety Awards, and the Chief of Safety Awards for 2019.“The Air Force is steadfast in its efforts to maintain safe operations across the service, nevertheless the

  • Early contributions of women at Hill AFB

    Women have contributed immeasurably to operations at Hill Air Force Base in many capacities since its origin as a military installation. During the Second World War and Korean War these included roles typically held by men, ranging from munitions handling to aircraft maintenance. It also included

  • Collaboration for tomorrow’s Air Force

    Hanscom is home to the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks Infrastructure Division, the team responsible for designing, testing and deploying the entire Air Force Network. Their mission partner, the 66th Air Base Group Communications and Information Division (SC), owns and

  • AFMC command chief visits Hill

    Chief Master Sgt. Stanley C. Cadell, Air Force Materiel Command command chief, visited Hill Air Force Base March 1-3 to tour facilities and meet with the base’s Airmen.

  • AFMC Chaplain Corps recommits to readiness, focuses on HC Next

    Airmen are familiar with the level of care they can anticipate from the Air Force Materiel Command Chaplain Corps team. That care has been significantly ratcheted up by the commander-driven, creatively engaged, squadron-focused approach of HC Next.HC Next is part of an Air Force Chaplain Corps

  • 2020 AFAF fundraising campaign emphasizes ‘Taking Care of Our Own’

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – With a new theme of “Taking Care of Our Own — For Airmen, By Airmen,” the 47th annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base begins March 2 and runs through April 10.The annual AFAF campaign raises funds for AFAF-affiliated

  • Defender Challenge 2020 to test readiness, lethality

    The U.S. Air Force Defender Challenge will pit Security Forces teams against each other in San Antonio, Texas, May 11-15, 2020. Defenders will prove their abilities in dismounted skills, endurance, agility, individual weapons, and military working dog (MWD) teams through a series of gut-testing