AFMC Command News

  • FAB-T poised for production

    The Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals program here received approval to enter Low Rate Initial Production following a recent Milestone C Department of Defense acquisition board meeting.After more than three years of developmental efforts, the program -- commonly referred to as FAB-T

  • Complex closes out productive year with 217 aircraft

    It has been a productive year at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, more so than at any other time in the last five years. A total of 217 aircraft -- C-5, C-17, C-130 and F-15 -- were produced in fiscal 2015, which ended Sept. 30. That number includes 15 unscheduled depot level maintenance

  • Leveraging expertise focus of Robins' Partnership Summit

    It's about leveraging one another's capabilities, resources and expertise. The Robins Air Force Base Partnership Summit drew more than 100 community and base senior leaders to the Museum of Aviation Oct. 22 to discuss prospective partnerships at Robins. In any given year, the complex conducts about

  • Radar upgrades ensure situation awareness

    A Battle Management program to improve the reliability and maintainability of U.S. Air Force long-range radar systems reached full operational capability recently when all the operational long-range radar sites were certified and deemed suitable and operationally effective.The AN/FPS-117 is a

  • Arnold test facility marks 30 years since Initial Operational Capability

    The 30th anniversary of the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility achieving initial operational capability was Sept. 30, 2015, with the conclusion of a Pratt & Whitney F100 engine test in the facility's C-1 test cell.Upon conception of the large engine test facility in 1965, ASTF provided propulsion

  • Air Force Chief of Staff visits with Hill Airmen

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh A. Welsh III wrapped up a visit to Hill Air Force Base by holding a town-hall-style meeting with the base's Airmen -- and getting a bit emotional."I love you. I love who you are. I love what you do. I love how you stand up for each other," Welsh said. "Thanks

  • KC-46 program refueler touches down at Edwards

    The KC-46 program's first test aircraft, a Boeing 767-2C (EMD-1), departed from its home at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, and touched down at Edwards for the first time Oct. 15, 2015.Boeing and the 418th Flight Test Squadron here are conducting Ground Effects and Fuel Onload Fatigue testing

  • Hill food court worker selected for DOD award

    Holding her award to her aproned chest, right next to her Taco Bell name tag, Patricia Barson beamed."It's my greatest dream in life," said the Army & Air Force Exchange Service employee. "I just want to serve people."Barson was honored Oct. 16, 2015, as one of the Department of Defense's

  • Ogden ALC repairs firefighting C-130 after emergency landing

    The 572nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, like other squadrons within the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, sometimes does "drop-in" work on C-130 Hercules aircraft, adding them into its repair schedule where possible.On Oct. 7, 2015, the unit did a final flight check on a C-130 that literally dropped in

  • OC-ALC planning larger role for 3-D printing

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex is finalizing a strategic plan to integrate 3-D printing technology into nearly every aspect of its air power sustainment mission.OC-ALC experts foresee 3-D printing, also called additive manufacturing, filling needs ranging from making aircraft and jet engine

  • AFMC promotes Freeze the Gain with the DASH Eating Plan

    During the holiday season, Air Force Materiel Command will promote the Freeze the Gain Challenge to help the AFMC workforce prevent and control high blood pressure. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 3 adults in the United States has HBP. HBP is called the "silent

  • Former loadmaster, tester to be inducted into hall of fame

    Retired Master Sgt. Theodore Venturini will be inducted into the Airlift Tanker Association Hall of Fame Oct. 31, 2015. He is one of six C-17A Pathfinder Loadmasters that will be honored at an Air Mobility Command and ATA Symposium in Orland, Florida.According to the ATA nomination, the Pathfinder

  • AFMC offers professional logistics certification programs

    Air Force Materiel Command has developed the Logistics Professional Development Program for civilian and military employees, working in a logistics career field, who are looking to formulate a career plan, determine job-related continuous learning objectives and enhance their professional

  • AFMC wingmen continue to take action

    Air Force Materiel Command's culture of respect and resiliency is still going strong, and Airmen across the command continue to prove their dedication to that culture through their actions as wingmen."In AFMC, and across the Air Force, we accomplish our mission as a dedicated team committed to our

  • Pegasus drogue, hose and boom systems deployed

    The KC-46A Pegasus notched another success this week when the systems at the heart of aerial refueling were demonstrated on EMD-2 with the deployment of both drogue systems and the boom.On Oct. 8, 2015, EMD-2 successfully extended the drogue refueling baskets from both the Centerline Drogue System,