AFMC Command News

  • Tinker squadron increases production of KC-135 engines

    During the past four or five years, members of the 546th Propulsion Maintenance Squadron struggled to produce enough war-ready F108 engines to support the KC-135 Stratotanker fleet. The requirement called for 120 available engines, but it was a goal that had never been met -- until now. By changing

  • AFMC announces annual enlisted award winners

    Air Force Materiel Command announced its top enlisted Airmen of 2012 in a Commander's Log sent March 24, 2013.Twenty-three enlisted Airmen from throughout AFMC's headquarters, centers and specialized units were nominated to compete in four separate categories -- airman, non-commissioned officer,

  • AFRL scientist earns DOD's top civilian award

    Dr. Boris Tomasic from the Air Force Research Laboratory here was named a recipient of the 57th annual Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award.The highest honor given by the Secretary of Defense to career civilian personnel was presented at the Pentagon in November to Dr. Tomasic,

  • SecDef says furlough days reduced for civilians

    The Defense Department has revised from 22 to 14 the number of days hundreds of thousands of civilian employees could be furloughed this year because of the budget sequester, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.In addition, a senior Defense Department official speaking on background told

  • Robins AFB earns AFMC's 2012 Facility Energy Excellence Award

    Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel Command commander, announced March 26, 2013, that Robins Air Force Base, Ga., won first place in the command's 2012 Facility Energy Excellence Award. Hill AFB, Utah, won second place, and Hanscom AFB, Mass., received third place.The Facility Energy

  • Solar farm proposed at Robins AIr Force Base

    Robins could one day be home to a solar photovoltaic plant. Georgia Power, in cooperation with the Georgia Public Service Commission, is encouraging new solar development opportunities to help increase the state's solar generation.The Air Force is offering 57 acres of property here as a potential

  • AFMC promotes Be Active: Physical Activity Initiative

    During April and May, Air Force Materiel Command will be promoting its 'Be Active: Physical Activity Initiative.' The Be Active initiative is designed to be progressive with frequency of physical activity. If someone has not been active for some time, this initiative allows him or her to start at a

  • Air Force system improves homeland air defense

    An Air Force system designed in the wake of Sept. 11 to provide comprehensive air surveillance and defense for North America recently got even better. The Battle Control System-Fixed program reached a major milestone with the full deployment of Increment 3. The BCS-F, produced by

  • Op/Ed: Sequestration impacts our mission, people, and bases

    As commander of Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, I lead an organization of some 80,000 military members and civilian employees whose work touches every aspect of the Air Force. When the warfighter calls for a new capability, we think it, we build it, we

  • Commander talks challenges, impacts with AFMC's community leaders

    Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, meets with her Community Liaison Program members March 21, 2013, at command headquarters. Twenty-five civic leaders representing each of the command's nine Air Force bases, as well as Gunter Annex, Ala., met with the commander for a

  • Pentagon delays sending furlough notices to civilian workforce

    Pentagon officials have put off sending furlough notices to civilian employees until they've had a chance to analyze how pending legislation that would fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year will affect the Defense Department.Officials now estimate that furlough notices will go

  • Local high school campus named for AFMC commander

    Beavercreek City Schools dedicated its high school campus to Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, a 1976 Beavercreek graduate, in a ceremony held March 15.The campus was renamed the "General Janet C. (Libby) Wolfenbarger Campus at Beavercreek High School." The school is

  • Joint STARS paves the way with MIDS JTRS fielding

    Joint STARS recently became the first Air Force airborne system to fully retrofit new terminals that will improve warfighter communication.The Joint STARS Communications and Network Upgrade program successfully installed, tested and fielded the first of its Multifunctional Information Distribution

  • Fly-By-Wire F-15SA makes first flight

    The U.S. Air Force and its prime contractor Boeing have completed a successful first flight of the new F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft for the Royal Saudi Air Force. The F-15SA's maiden voyage took place on Feb. 20, 2013, at the Boeing facilities in St. Louis. The flight went as planned, meeting

  • Software team now tests wiring in minutes, not days

    Testing complex electrical wiring systems inside aircraft mainframes may sound a bit intimidating, but for a team from the 580th Software Maintenance Squadron here, it's just another day at the office. The team uses the Automatic Wire Test Set to support aircraft wire testing across not only