AFMC Command News

  • 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

  • Nuclear satellite terminal upgrade to begin operational testing

    The nuclear satellite communication terminals that connect U.S. leaders to Minuteman combat crews in the event of a nuclear attack are currently undergoing an upgrade and scheduled to begin operational testing this month.Simply put, the Air Force will be updating its intercontinental ballistic

  • AEDC celebrates successful launch of NASA Orion

    NASA achieved a major milestone in completing the Orion spacecraft's first voyage to space recently.Having had a hand in testing the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Arnold Engineering Development Complex is also celebrating this accomplishment.Mounted atop the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy

  • Boeing completes successful first flight in KC-46 Program

    The KC-46 development program completed its first flight of Engineering, Manufacturing and Development aircraft #1 Dec. 28.   EMD #1 is a provisioned 767-2C freighter and the critical building block for the KC-46 missionized aerial refueler. The maiden flight took off at 9:29 a.m. (PST) from Paine

  • Commentary: How will you earn your wings this holiday season?

    How will you earn your wings this holiday season?Like many of you, one of the things I enjoy doing every year during this season is watching the classic holiday movie "It's a Wonderful Life." Many of us probably know the film by heart at this point in our lives. But for those who have not seen it,