AFMC Command News

  • Commentary: Taking inspiration from our founding fathers

    The Air Force is no stranger to challenging times. That's certainly the case today where, in the current fiscal climate, much is outside of our control and we are faced with a great deal of uncertainty. As I weigh that uncertainty, though, it occurs to me that our challenges today aren't so

  • AFMC bases implement Helping Agency taskbar icons

    Air Force Materiel Command has ensured that help is literally just a click away at its installations.Each of the command's nine bases has developed a Helping Agency desktop or taskbar icon, which provides one-click access to a list of that installation's helping agencies -- to include services

  • MPS Increment IV reaches full deployment

    Battle Management program executive officer Steven Wert recently declared full deployment of the Mission Planning System Increment IV, Joint Mission Planning System, ushering in a new generation of capabilities for mission planners."Now that MPS Increment IV is fully deployed and operational, the

  • 'Workhorse' becomes first F-35 to achieve 1,000 flight hours

    AF-2, the second production F-35 Lightning II for the U.S. Air Force, became the first F-35 to reach 1,000 flight hours.Paul Hattendorf, Lockheed Martin test pilot, was flying an Airframe Loads Envelope Expansion mission June 11 when the fighter reached the milestone."AF-2's nickname is

  • Testing and Evaluation Course valuable to AEDC, its customers

    The Aeropropulsion Test and Evaluation Short Course that Arnold Engineering Development Complex has been hosting since 2011 is beneficial to the Complex and its customers.Aeropropulsion Test Branch Deputy Director Mike Dent said the course has "paid great dividends" in helping AEDC to build strong

  • Space Fence contract awarded

    Officials here awarded a $914,699,474 contract to Lockheed Martin on June 2, 2014, to develop a system that will track objects in Earth's orbit with far greater confidence and fidelity.The contract brings the program to final system development with the delivery of Space Fence Increment 1, or site

  • AEDC adds Jet-A fuel to turbine engine testing fuel supply

    The Arnold Engineering Development Complex fuel farm is replacing JP-8 fuel, used by turbine engine testing customers in the Complex's aeropropulsion test facilities, with commercial grade Jet-A fuel."The main difference between JP-8 and Jet-A is the fuel freezing point specification," said Gary

  • BACN accomplishments ensure warfighter connectivity

    Three recent achievements demonstrate how a critical communications capability managed here is continuing to keep warfighters connected.The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, translates and distributes imagery, video, voice and data, often from disparate elements, improving

  • AFMC Commander's Log -- Memorial Day and Critical Days of Summer

    Team AFMC,This weekend we observe Memorial Day. As Americans, we enjoy an unprecedented level of freedom -- freedom gained and maintained at great price and sacrifice. Please take some time to reflect on the sacrifices of those who paid that price to preserve our freedom.This weekend is also the

  • DOD shows science, technology success despite hard year for workforce

    Despite a year of workforce furloughs and dwindling budgets, the Defense Department's science and technology enterprise reports advances ranging from a full hypersonic weapon system and high-energy lasers to light-based brain treatments and new core capabilities in cyber warfare, senior DOD

  • SecAF, VCSAF outline top priority in memo to Airmen

    In a memo sent to Airmen across the service today, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer challenged Airmen to take responsibility for creating cost saving initiatives within their areas of expertise.The memo reemphasizes one of James' top priorities since

  • STOVL F-35 conducts flight testing

    A Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing variant of the F-35 Lightning II is shown performing Crosswind and Wet Runway testing here May 6. Pilot Dan Levin and a team from the F-35 Integrated Test Facility at Patuxent River, Md., accompanied aircraft BF-4 for the deployment to Edwards April 11. Testing

  • DebriSat: data from Destruction

    The space environment presents many hazards for satellites and spacecraft. One of the major hazards is hypervelocity impacts from uncontrolled man-made space debris.The recent Hollywood blockbuster movie Gravity dramatizes a series of catastrophic events that could follow just such an impact. While