AFMC Command News

  • High-tech simulator keeps Edwards skies safe

    To ensure air traffic controllers here are at the top of their game, tower personnel train using a high-tech simulator that creates realistic scenarios that would be encountered during normal day-to-day operations. "The control tower simulator provides training at the entry- and journeyman-levels on

  • Commentary: Veterans Day honors a truly elite group

    Because we are Airmen, and are surrounded by the military on a daily basis, it can sometimes be easy to forget how incredibly significant it is to be a veteran. The approximately 22 million living veterans in this country make up only about 7 percent of the population. And less than 1 percent of

  • PEO stresses importance of relationships

    The program executive officer for C3I&N provided an update on his organization and emphasized working together during a presentation to an industry group at the Minuteman Commons here Oct. 25, 2012.Speaking to approximately 100 attendees, Maj. Gen. Craig Olson told a personal story about working

  • Reality TV star tours Edwards, discusses 'push'-ing through adversity

    On Oct. 25, 2012, Team Edwards members were treated to a visit from an individual who has met adversity in her own way, and overcame it, in the form of quadriplegia.As a reality TV star, model and producer of the new Sundance Channel reality show called "Push Girls," Angela Rockwood experienced her

  • AFMC professional wins national health care award

    Lt. Col. Rob Nyquist, command public health officer in Air Force Materiel Command's Surgeon General Directorate, was recently named the recipient of the William Gorgas Preventive Medicine Award by the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States.Each year AMSUS selects an individual from

  • AFMC to transition to new energy efficient power strips

    In an effort to reduce its energy consumption, and save $5.4 million over ten years, Air Force Materiel Command recently began distributing new energy efficient power strips for electronic devices located in workstations throughout the command. AFMC will distribute more than 77,000 of the new

  • Forum spawns 'big data' collaboration

    Enhanced information sharing and partnership are among the benefits expected to stem from an early-October forum co-sponsored by Hanscom Air Force Base and the Department of Transportation's Volpe Transportation Center.The forum held at the Volpe Center brought together a number of experts from

  • My educational journey: Take advantage of the benefits available to you

    One of the saddest things I've witnessed during my 35 years with the Air Force -- including over 23 years active duty, as a contractor, and now as an Air Force civilian -- has been people who stay with our Service as a career, yet never use the many educational benefits available to them. My

  • Live fire training keeps Edwards department proficient

    The Edwards Fire Department gathered for live fire training Oct. 18 with the help of North Tree Fire International, who provided the firefighters with a mobile live fire trainer. The department is required to perform the structural fire training once every six months. The tractor trailer, which

  • New program aims to get kids excited about science and math

    A new program aimed at getting area students excited about science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, will soon be opening its doors here. The Department of Defense initiative, called STARBASE, will begin teaching fifth grade students within an approximately 30-mile radius of the base in

  • Air Force awards $365 million Secondary Power Logistics Solution contract

    Officials from the United States Air Force and Honeywell International Inc. signed a new eight-year, $365 million extension to the Secondary Power Logistics Solution contract to provide logistics and depot support for F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft. This extension builds on Increment I of the SPLS

  • PEO talks about priorities for Business and Enterprise Systems

    The program executive officer for Business and Enterprise Systems, Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex, Ala., shared some of his mission objectives and insights about his position during an industry meeting here Oct. 10, 2012.Robert Carl "Shof" Shofner, speaking at the Hanscom Representatives

  • Base loans revolutionary artifacts to national park

    In a ceremony here Oct. 3, Col. Lester A. Weilacher, 66th Air Base Group commander, handed over several Revolutionary War artifacts to Nancy Nelson, Minute Man National Historical Park superintendent. The artifacts, including several musket balls, a shoe buckle and a knife, were uncovered during

  • AFOSI Tip Line provides new ways to report suspicious activity

    In an effort to better engage the community and prevent threats to the United States Air Force, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations recently announced a new initiative to move its EagleEyes "tip line" into the virtual world.The new program will allow individuals to send anonymous