AFMC Command News

  • AFMC's enlisted Airmen honor commander with Order of the Sword

    In an event steeped in medieval symbolism and military tradition, Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger was inducted into the AFMC Order of the Sword during a ceremony Feb. 5, 2015, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.The Order of the Sword is the highest honor the

  • Global ASNT moves past preliminary design review

    Recently, the Global ASNT program office -- which is responsible for acquiring and sustaining nuclear command, control and communications terminals -- completed their preliminary design review, gaining ground within the first of three incremental phases. "The program is progressing right on

  • AFRL announces winners of student satellite competition

    Students representing 10 universities competed in Albuquerque, New Mexico this week for the chance to send a satellite they designed and built into space. The competition was held through the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate University Nanosat Program.The winners:1st place

  • Life Support: Award-winning SNCO backbone of depot flight safety

    On Jan. 15, Senior Master Sgt. Dana Capaldi was notified she'd been selected as the Air Force's top senior noncommissioned officer of the year in the Air Reserve Component Aircrew Flight Equipment annual awards. Capaldi, shying away from the fact that this is her second time earning this

  • F-35 nears completion of all-weather testing

    For the past four months, an F-35 Lightning II has endured extreme weather temperatures to certify the fleet to deploy to any corner of the world. An F-35B from the F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force in Maryland has undergone rigorous climatic testing at the U.S. Air Force 96th Test Wing's

  • USAF Marathon to increase price in February

    If you're planning on running in the Air Force Marathon this September, time is running out to take advantage of current pricing. The Marathon staff notes that prices will increase on Feb. 2, 2015."We traditionally experience a huge surge in registrations prior to a price increase," said Robert

  • Hill AFB maintainers break record using "Art of the Possible"

    The 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group's C-130 team recently shattered their aircraft delivery performance record by delivering an aircraft in 107 flow days.The 572nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron completed the aircraft Dec. 18, 2014, and bested their previous record by 10 days.Officials said it was a

  • Hanscom 'pockets' the U.S. to improve homeland defense

    A program office here recently completed fielding a system that assists with homeland defense.The Pocket J system, as it is known, connects the nation's continental air defense sectors to aircraft flying the homeland defense mission. It provides the primary tactical data link messaging capability

  • F135 test demonstrates success of AEDC workshare initiative

    "The workshare initiative is an example of how Arnold Engineering Development Complex consistently improves the test experience," said Dan Blaettler, program manager of U.S. Air Force Engine Component Improvement.Blaettler's comment is in reference to the Accelerated Mission Testing of the

  • AFMC promotes awareness of heart attack warning signs

    February is American Heart Month. The National Institutes of Health reports that more than one million people in the United States have a heart attack each year. Of the people who die from heart attacks, about half die within an hour of their first symptoms and before they reach the hospital. When a

  • Joint Base San Antonio selected to host AFIMSC headquarters

    Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, was selected as the host base for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Headquarters.Air Force officials chose the installation after analyzing operational considerations, installation attributes, economic and environmental factors at four candidate

  • AFMC exceeds Air Force small business goals for FY 2014

    In 2014, and for the first time since 2005, Air Force Materiel Command exceeded its goal for awarding contracts to small businesses. The Fiscal Year 2014 small business goal was 10.41 percent of contracts awarded, and AFMC achieved 12.03 percent, with $3.7 billion awarded to small

  • Bomber force prepares for new B-52 bomb bay upgrade testing

    Since the Air Force's decision in 2013 to increase the B-52H bomber fleet's effectiveness and versatility by increasing the aircraft's smart weapons capacity by more than 50 percent, teams from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., Boeing and now Edwards have partnered to begin developmental testing on the