AFMC Command News

  • AFMC commander praises Team Hill Airmen, 'AFSC Way'

    During a visit here Aug. 5-6, Air Force Materiel Command's top leader met with Team Hill Airmen and experienced firsthand how Air Force Sustainment Center units are implementing the "AFSC Way," a program focused on delivering high-quality combat power quickly and at less cost.Gen. Ellen M.

  • AFMC commander highlights new AFMC mission, vision, family

    Without a culture of respect and resilience, Airmen can't carry forward the Air Force's core missions of air and space superiority; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; rapid global mobility; global strike; and, command and control.It is that culture that Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air

  • AFMC commander cites AFSC focus on generating combat power

    The new commander of Air Force Materiel Command may have had to cross three time zones to complete her immersion of the Air Force Sustainment Center last week, but, geographical variance aside, what she saw was a highly connected enterprise focused on generating combat power for America."Getting to

  • Ogden ALC saves time, money with MHU-83 lift work

    For many years, the 526th Electronics Maintenance Squadron, part of the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, overhauled Munitions Handling Unit-83 lift trucks in support of supply-chain customers at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.The MHU-83 is an aerial lift truck that lifts and secures munitions, weapons,

  • Maintainers extend life of T-38 Talon

    The Air Force's trusted trainer, the T-38 Talon, has a new lease on life thanks to a robust structural-modification program.Technicians in the Ogden Air Logistics Complex's 575th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, recently completed the first aircraft in the program and

  • Air Force moves to replace AWACS radio system

    The AWACS Communication and Network Upgrade program office here is conducting market research in an effort to replace the existing tactical radio system on E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft.Recently, the Hanscom-based team issued a request for information to assess potential

  • Tinker B-52 shop reduces production time, boosts savings

    The numbers alone speak for themselves.Using the Art of the Possible and a modular flow process, the 551st Commodities Maintenance Squadron's B-52 Wrap Cowls shop has reduced its production time from 155 days to around 22 days. That's a difference of 133 days and a savings of more than $1

  • Demand methodology developed at Tinker wing yields millions in savings

    In an effort to provide better support to the warfighter and generate both cost-effective readiness and combat power for America, the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing developed, base-lined and implemented a method of measuring the demand on the supply chain system, called Demand Forecast Accuracy,

  • Air Force promotes fatigue countermeasures

    Human fatigue results from sleep deprivation. Fatigue has become a growing concern in the Air Force as sustained and continuous operations, along with global deployments, are stretching the ability of our forces to meet growing mission demands. Some Airmen may question whether fatigue is really a

  • AF funds development of munitions technology

    Critical Air Force missions take place both day and night in locations around the globe.  In some cases, the use of high-performance munitions is critical to mission success.As a result, the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer program office recently

  • New interrogation system installed on AWACS, more in pipeline

    Out with the old, in with the new -- at least that's the case for the existing interrogation system found on E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft.The AWACS Next Generation Identification Friend or Foe program office here recently completed the first installation of the new

  • AFMC Airman among service's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    Air Force officials have selected the service's top enlisted members, naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2015.An Air Force selection board at the Air Force Personnel Center considered 35 nominees who represented major commands, direct reporting units, field operating agencies and

  • Wright-Patt hosts rapid improvement event for civilian hiring initiative

    Key personnel across the Air Force are working together to analyze the current civilian hiring process. Participants in this initiative include Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center, installation civilian personnel offices, and Directorate of Personnel