AFMC Command News

  • Marine Corps recognizes Tinker F135 engine team

    Top Marine Corps officials recently visited the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex to deliver a big thank you to the Heavy Maintenance Center F135 Engine Team.Col. William Lieblein, deputy chief of the Marine Corps Aviation Weapons Branch, attended a celebration marking the engine shop's crucial

  • Hanscom captain chosen for prestigious doctoral program

    A Hanscom program manager found himself on a very short list of selectees when the Air Force announced its choices for the 2015 Chief of Staff of the Air Force Prestigious Captains Ph.D. Program.Capt. Jason Rathje -- who oversees the Advanced Tactical Command and Control program within C3I and

  • F-35 ITF, Italian air force KC-767 'fuel' the way for milestone

    Italy's F-35 program achieved two recent milestones with the completion of the first aerial refueling certification between an Italian air force KC-767A tanker with an F-35A and the inaugural flight of an Italian-built F-35A."Italy is one of the partner nations on the F-35 program and since we are

  • First operational F-35As arrive at Hill AFB

    The Air Force ushered in a new era of combat air power Sept. 2, 2015, as Hill Air Force Base received the service's first two operational F-35As.Hill's active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing will be the first combat-coded units to fly and maintain the Air Force's newest

  • Edwards prepares for F-16 radar upgrade testing

    As part of the F-16 Radar Modernization Program, a team from the 416th Flight Test Squadron is preparing to conduct flight testing of the Active Electronically Scanned Array, or AESA, radar on two 412th Test Wing aircraft from September 2015 through August 2016."Current F-16 mechanically-scan radars

  • 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