AFMC News

Jan. 29, 2020
Combatting hypoxia: Robins flight prepares aircrews to recognize signs

At Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, the Aerospace and Operational Physiology Training Flight with the 461st Operations Support Squadron trains aircrew members on the dangers of hypoxia in a safe environment using a Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device.
Jan. 28, 2020
State of Life Cycle Management Center address slated for 10 Feb

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Commander Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry will be presenting a state of the center address during a luncheon sponsored by the Lexington-Concord Chapter of AFCEA Feb. 10. The event will start at 11:30 a.m. at the Burlington (Massachusetts) Marriot, One
Jan. 28, 2020
AFRL Researchers Honored by SPIE Society

Recently SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, welcomed 72 new Fellows of the society, including the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Drs. Wellesley Pereira and Christopher Wilcox.
Jan. 28, 2020
C-17 fleet Completes Block 21 Upgrade

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – A team under the direction of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) C-17 Program Office completed Block 21 upgrades on the entire fleet of 275 C-17 aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force and eight allied countries, meeting the Jan. 1, 2020 mandate
Jan. 28, 2020
AFRL and Blue Origin partner on test site for BE-7 lunar lander engine development

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Air Force Research Laboratory and Blue Origin are developing a new test facility for the Blue Origin BE-7 lunar lander engine at the AFRL rocket lab here.Capital improvements, funded by Blue Origin, will allow BE-7 testing in a simulated space-like environment.
Jan. 27, 2020
New bill eases military member, spouse licensure

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Employment opportunities for military members and their spouses received a boost Jan. 27 from a bill signed by Gov. Mike DeWine during a ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Senate Bill 7 mandates
Jan. 27, 2020
Oxygen Shop tackles big mission

The 76th Commodities Maintenance Group’s Oxygen Shop at Tinker Air Force Base solely handles the mission of providing oxygen regulators, liquid oxygen converters and on-board oxygen generators for the entire Air Force.Over the past 20 years, this workload has extended into Navy E-6 systems as well,
Jan. 27, 2020
Propulsion Pitch Day looks to source vital engine parts

First flown more than 60 years ago, the TF33 engine continues to be a vital part of the Air Force’s mission as more than 1,000 engines continue to power the nation’s fleet of B-52 bombers, E-3 AWACS and other mission-critical aircraft.Yet while the engine continues to remain an integral part of
Jan. 27, 2020
Headquarters recognizes annual award winners

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Air Force Materiel Command civilian and military personnel were recognized Jan. 24 at the 2019 Annual Civilian and Military Award Recognition Breakfast presided over by Maj. Gen. Carl Schaefer, AFMC deputy commander.Each award nominee was recognized before
Jan. 24, 2020
412th Test Wing Commander to bid farewell to Team Edwards

The 412th Test Wing Commander, Brig. Gen. E. John Teichert, recently announced that he will relinquish command of the Wing and be departing Edwards Air Force Base, California, for a deployment to Iraq.
Jan. 24, 2020
Tyndall leadership update Airmen and their families at rebuild town hall

Air Force leaders from the 325th Fighter Wing and the Tyndall Program Management Office shared their vision of the “Installation of the Future” with Airmen, their families and base personnel at a standing room only town hall meeting Thursday.
Jan. 24, 2020
Military spouses afforded voting, tax relief through MSRRA

The Military Spouse Residency Relief Act provides residency, voting and income tax protection to military spouses when accompanying their spouse at the member’s duty station.
Jan. 24, 2020
Industry shares perspectives on rapid acquisition

Engagement and collaboration were key topics during a panel here Jan. 22 that discussed rapid acquisition topics from an industry perspective.
Jan. 24, 2020
AFRL XQ-58A Valkyrie expands flight envelope in fourth test

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., completed the successful fourth flight test of the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned air vehicle demonstrator Jan. 23, 2020, at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.During
Jan. 24, 2020
APE ensures mission-ready airfields

It takes a lot of pavement to launch an Air Force -- 2.2 billion square feet -- and in 2019, a Tyndall-based team of airfield engineers set a blistering pace to ensure that pavement was able to support aircraft worldwide in flying more than 1.2 million hours.

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