AFMC Command News

  • Hanscom begins Network-as-a-Service experiments

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center here awarded two Network-as-a-Service agreements today for a total of $121 million, freeing Airmen currently assigned to support base network operations to transition into core Air Force mission cyber operations. The team

  • GCDS provides livestream on-demand

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – With the right link, anyone with a Common Access Card-enabled computer can set up or access an exclusive livestream capability as part of the Air Force network. Access to livestream capability through the Global Content Delivery System has been available since 2012.

  • Miracle at the Marathon: CPR, training save life

    When retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John Hudson woke on the warm overcast morning of the Air Force Marathon, Sept. 15, he knew the weather would be a challenge. As ready as he was physically, what Hudson didn’t know was that his life-saving CPR and first aid training would be even more important on the

  • Edwards team creates aerial refueling test tool to save time, money

    Leadership across the Air Force want their workforce to focus on innovation every day, whether it is making things better, more efficient, or saving money. A small team at Edwards can now check off all those boxes with their custom-built test tool designed to cut down test costs and time. Members

  • Multi-domain command and control is coming

    In his remarks during this year’s Air Force Association’s Air, Space, and Cyber Conference in National Harber, Maryland, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein explained the importance of Multi-Domain Command and Control in executing the nation’s next fight.

  • AF selects 12 for Inter-American Squadron Officer School

    Twelve active-duty officers, including one from Air Force Materiel Command, were recently selected to attend the Inter-American Squadron Officer School, or ISOS, at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, with the first of three classes starting in October

  • Art of the Possible involves everyone in the Air Force

    Art of the Possible – it’s the way the Air Force Sustainment Center has been doing business since as early as 2012. Developed at AFSC, Art of the Possible first debuted at Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex[ESGUAA1]  in the aircraft depot maintenance arena[ESGUAA2] .  “Art of the Possible is a

  • Suicide prevention is everyone’s responsibility

    Every attempt of suicide or death by suicide affects countless loved ones, coworkers, and friends who are impacted by the long lasting consequences. One suicide is one suicide too many. Whether you are a family member, a contractor, the newest trainee or the most senior individual in your unit,

  • Changing the face of war; saving lives – the legacy of Bill Grimes

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – On Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, former Big Safari Director and retired Air Force Col. Bill Grimes passed away. While his was not a household name and Big Safari -- a secretive Air Force acquisition program for specialized special mission aircraft -- is not known for

  • Not Forgotten

    When you walk into many dining facilities in the Air Force, you see it in the corner or off to the side: the lone chair and place setting. In the hurries of our day, we become numb to the sight of it: the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action table with a setting for someone who has never returned.