AFMC Command News

  • General Levy discusses current, future Tinker needs during annual symposium

    The Air Force needs private industry to help field new weapon systems faster and the nation requires more graduates in scientific and technical fields to maintain America's edge in combat air power, the head of the Air Force Sustainment Center said recently.Lt. Gen. Lee Levy II addressed more than

  • Robins J-STARS wing takes part in exercise that melds live, virtual events

    With lines, dots and squares dominating the screen in the Joint STARS Mission and Maintenance Trainer Simulator, it may not seem like much in the gaming world.But, this is no video game, and the stakes could mean the difference between life and death.Joint STARS -- a one-of-a-kind weapon system --

  • Team Robins remembers Hurricane Katrina 10 years later

    The stories tell the same tales. The destruction Hurricane Katrina left when it made landfall Aug. 29, 2005, was immense. Now 10 years later, Robins team members are sharing their stories of what it was like during and after the storm."The devastation was unbelievable," said Marty Cain, 78th Air

  • AF, Ohio-based small business develop chemical-, herbicide-free weed zapper

    Anyone with a lawn or a beautiful flower or vegetable garden, has surely wondered about the best method of controlling or eliminating weeds. Using chemicals and herbicides can help, but chemicals may introduce a risk to wildlife, or pollinating insects like bees, in the area of treatment.Performing

  • Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians

    The Air Force released a policy memo Aug. 24 allowing Air Force civilian employees who are victims of sexual assault to file restricted and unrestricted reports with their installation's sexual assault response coordinator.The policy is effective immediately and allows SARCs and sexual assault

  • On the radar: Robins lab to support C-5 software, hardware upgrades

    The C-5 System Integration Lab here has been prepping to accommodate upcoming changes to the weapon system's color weather radar capabilities for the last several months.Full-scale development is now underway by Lockheed Martin Corp. to update to a new version of the color weather radar, as well as

  • SecAF speaks on acquisition, partnerships and priorities at Hanscom

    During a visit to Hanscom AFB Aug. 20-21, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James discussed her top priorities with Airmen and state officials while emphasizing the importance of the acquisition base and its partnerships."Hanscom is a unique ecosystem of engineering, technology and

  • Major savings result from AEDC wind tunnel improvement program

    Replacing the Test Article Control System and Data Acquisition System feedthrough assemblies used at the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel here is saving the Arnold Engineering Development Complex more than $1 million this year.This effort is part of the Improved Transonic Test Capability, or IMTTC,

  • Rolls-Royce continues testing latest Trent engine at AEDC

    The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-TEN, or Thrust, Efficiency and New Technology, engine was recently tested for performance, operability and icing certification at the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility C-2 engine test cell at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex.Prior to the end of the test

  • 'This is depot work - this is what this base was meant to do'

    Heavy structural repairs occur every single day at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, yet one in particular has received some extra attention during the last few months.As an F-15C was moving early on through programmed depot maintenance in the 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, a vertical

  • British woman to run AF half-marathon in girl's honor

    The daughter of two Airmen stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base may cross the finish line of the U.S. Air Force Half Marathon Sept. 19 -- in the arms of either her father or a British woman who is coming to run in her honor.Grace Golembiewski, 2, the daughter of Tech. Sgt. Paul Golembiewski

  • Edwards squadron does prerequisite testing for KC-46 program

    The 418th Flight Test Squadron is setting the stage for the arrival of the new KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueler with legacy tanker fuel surge testing conducted July 26 through Aug. 9. Both the KC-135 and the KC-10 were tested successively on the ground to baseline surge pressure environments.The same

  • JSF ITF reaches historic sortie milestone at 'lightning' speed

    The Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force, which oversees all three test variants of the F-35 Lightning II, has proved its resolve to test and equip the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps with their latest fifth-generation fighter. This is evidenced by achieving a historical milestone