AFMC Command News

  • Wingmen continue successful interventions across AFMC

    Across Air Force Materiel Command, Airmen continue to embrace the command's culture of respect and resiliency. This is especially evident in their behavior as wingmen."Accountability is at the core of the culture we emphasize, and it's at the core of the wingman concept," said Jennifer Treat, AFMC

  • BITI awards contracts, upgrades Air Force cyber infrastructure

    The Base Information Transfer Infrastructure program office here recently awarded four contracts geared at recapitalizing or replacing critical network components.BITI is responsible for upgrading the Air Force's cyber infrastructure and provides both hard-wired and wireless network capabilities to

  • New Ogden ALC tool ensures F-16 integrity

    More than 300 "at-risk" F-16 Fighting Falcons in the active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve fleets are receiving inspections and subsequent modifications at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex here, in order to ensure structural integrity.Using innovation and collaboration to better

  • EOD, NASA take blast at the past

    How do you dispose of more than 30 years of expired explosive aircraft equipment in less than one minute? While some may say "very carefully," the real answer at Edwards is with the help of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team.Since a growing number of explosive ejection seat items had been in

  • CSAF, CMSAF visit Wright-Patt

    Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody held an All-Call at the Air Force Institute of Technology here June 8, and spoke about the importance of the work being accomplished by the people in the room and across Air Force Materiel

  • Pawlikowski assumes leadership of Air Force Materiel Command

    Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski assumed the top position of the major command responsible for installation support and the technology, acquisition, test and sustainment of the Air Force's current and future weapon systems during ceremonies here June 8, 2015.Pawlikowski took the reins of Air Force Materiel

  • New panel repair process expected to save millions

    The KC-135 program was generating 30,000 mission incapable hours on balance panels, driving the effort to find better repair mechanisms for Programmed Depot Maintenance.Each aircraft has 23 panels, which are the part of the wing that controls flight direction."We were to the point of pulling

  • Unique C-5M repairs showcase collective Team Robins efforts

    A substantial series of repairs have been completed on a high-demand C-5M Super Galaxy that will soon go down in the history books. For the first time, 559th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintainers here installed a prototype of a new lavatory system that will soon be outfitted on the entire C-5

  • General Levy succeeds General Litchfield as AFSC commander

    Lt. Gen. Lee Levy II succeeded Lt. Gen. Bruce Litchfield as commander of the Air Force Sustainment Center during a change of command ceremony here June 5, 2015.Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, presided over the change of command and Litchfield's formal retirement

  • Long-range missile testing conducted in AEDC transonic wind tunnel

    Store separation testing of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet was recently conducted in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel (16T) at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex here.The LRASM is a long-range subsonic cruise missile designed for better range and

  • AEDC Ground Test University gaining altitude

    As Arnold Engineering Development Complex personnel make adjustments for a new Combined Test Force construct for Fiscal 2016, opportunities for sharpening engineers' knowledge at the Complex is available through the AEDC Ground Test University.Organizers of the university saw the potential to train

  • AFIMSC stands up final detachment at AFMC

    The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center activated its tenth and final detachment, Detachment 6, during a ceremony here May 26, 2015.Detachment 6 will directly support Air Force Materiel Command, which is also AFIMSC's parent major command.Maj. Gen. Theresa Carter, AFIMSC commander,

  • Final retreat ceremony honors AFMC commander

    Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel Command commander, accepts the flag from a member of the flag detail at her final retreat ceremony here May 21, 2015. Wolfenbarger will end a 35-year Air Force career when she retires in early June.

  • Wolfenbarger wins Air Force Small Business Director’s Award

    Air Force Director of Small Business Programs Mark Teskey presented Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger the 2014 Secretary of the Air Force Small Business Director's Beyond Goals Award during a May 20 visit to headquarters here.This award recognizes outstanding leadership in