AFMC Command News

  • Pawlikowski addresses Hanscom’s workforce

    Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, concluded a visit here by providing employees an update on command strategies and more during an all call March 17.

  • Air Force invites industry for light attack platform experiment

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — The Air Force released an industry Invitation to Participate today to evaluate the military utility of light attack platforms in future force structure.The invitation is part of a broader Air Force effort to explore cost-effective attack platform options. The

  • Social Connections, Get Connected-Stay Connected

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- Comprehensive Airman Fitness defines “Social Fitness” as the ability to engage in healthy social networks that promote overall well-being and optimal performance. We have often heard that resilience essentially means the ability for one to bounce back from challenges

  • AFMC to host second career development event

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Promotion. Pay raise. Increased responsibility. Upward mobility. Career progression. Goals.These are words we hear every day, and whether military or civilian, can define career and job satisfaction. But in the labyrinth of the DoD bureaucracy, the key to

  • AFMC honors, announces annual award winners

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Air Force Materiel Command honored its top Airmen of 2016 during the command's Annual Excellence Awards Banquet March 8, 2017.Sixty-one Airmen from throughout AFMC's headquarters, centers and wings were nominated to compete in nine separate categories --

  • First use of sUAS to inspect plane lessens load for maintainers

    When the 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force used a quadcopter to conduct a maintenance inspection of the exterior of a C-17 Globemaster III March 6, it marked the second time the CTF used a small unmanned aerial system in a new application that shows promise. The test

  • ALC team uses 'Art of the Possible' to boost security program

    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- An operations management revolution that spurred aircraft production is now propelling the personnel security program for the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex.Facing an increased workload, a team of six workers in the complex’s Management Operations Office Readiness

  • MDS Airman finds happiness far from home

    Growing up in Ghana, Airman 1st Class Jude Baidoo had big dreams. Like many in the gold-mining community where he grew up kicking a soccer ball on dusty fields in the hot sun, Baidoo dreamed of playing soccer professionally.

  • AFMC offers new addition to Employee Assistance Program -- WorkLife4You

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- WorkLife4You began on Oct. 1, 2016, by Federal Occupational Health. Like the Employee Assistance Program, WorkLife4You focuses on federal civilian employees.The program helps to meet worker’s daily life challenges by providing resource referral services to

  • AFMC promotes Team Lean Challenge for weight management

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – During the spring season, Air Force Materiel Command will promote its Team Lean Challenge. TLC is a command-wide initiative designed to help the AFMC workforce achieve and maintain healthy weight through proper nutrition and physical activity. Participants who