Air Force awards massive energy-saving project at Tinker

An Energy Savings Performance Contract was awarded Aug. 1, 2012, at Tinker, Oklahoma's largest single-site employer and the largest Air Force facility energy consumer. "Upon completion, the project will reduce Tinker's energy intensity by 30 percent and save an estimated $6.4 million a year," said

AFMC vice commander pins on third star

Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel Command commander, passes the three-star flag to Lt. Gen. Andrew Busch, AFMC vice commander, during Busch's promotion ceremony July 26, 2012, at the Wright-Patterson Club and Banquet Center.

AFRL scientist recognized by White House

The White House announced July 23, 2012, an Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate scientist has received a Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. Each year, the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President presents

Feature: One step at a time led Edwards chaplain to AFMC marathon team

Sept. 15, Team Edwards will send four Airmen to run the Air Force Marathon in Dayton, Ohio. The four Airmen make up half of Air Force Materiel Command's team and will give it their all to make sure the trophy stays with the command after last year's success.One of those runners is Capt. Joshua

Commentary: My job is prosecuting sexual assault

Here's a simple truth...sexual offenders reject our core values of integrity, service and excellence, in favor of following their own base, undisciplined, criminal desires. Most sexual assaults committed by Airmen are "blue on blue," or Airmen victimizing other Airmen. So in addition to rejecting

AFRL experiment will create artificial ionosphere

On successive days in September, a pair of two-stage sounding rockets will lift off from the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, with each launch vehicle carrying a canister of samarium powder to its appointed trajectory

Teamwork leads to record-breaking achievement

A B-1B Lancer just made history. The aircraft swept through programmed depot maintenance in record-breaking time -- just 129 flow days. It was produced one day sooner than the unit's goal and 24 days sooner than the fiscal 2012 goal.Officials credit the achievement to teamwork, years of continuous

Squadron overhauls record number of KC-135 booms

Repairs of KC-135 aerial refueling booms at Tinker AFB reached a record level last month.The 18 booms overhauled in June were the most ever repaired in one month since Tinker began working on KC-135 booms in 1993, according to Ginger Keisling, deputy director of the 551st Commodities Maintenance

Vietnam vets meet with AFMC commander

Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, meets with a group of local Vietnam War veterans on July 9, 2012. David Fuchs (from left), Steve Ratcliffe, Wolfenbarger, Richard Barazzotto and Tom Istvan pose for a photo during the small gathering in the general's office. The

One of AFIT's own designs top word game app

Wouldn't it be cool to design your own app? And wouldn't it be cool if the app was among the top 50 to be downloaded? Maj. (Dr.) Kennard Laviers, an assistant professor of computer science in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology, recently

Wing flies 100th F-35 Lightning II sortie

Becoming an MTI? There's an app for that

There's a smart phone application for just about everything these days, including joining the ranks of the Air Force's military training instructor corps. The app, simply called "Air Force MTI," is free and available for Apple, Android and Blackberry devices."It takes a special person to be an MTI,"

Happy Birthday, AFMC!

Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, prepares to cut a cake to commemorate the 20th anniversary of AFMC. The brief ceremony marking the occasion took place in Headquarters AFMC July 2, 2012. The command's 20th birthday was July 1. Assisting the general are (from left)

F-35 undergoes pit testing

F-35 tail number AF-1 underwent stores static ejection testing at the F-22 Combined Test Force for the past three weeks. The aircraft is carefully positioned over a pit filled with foam, and instrumented inert weapons are released from the aircraft. This type of testing, also known as pit testing,

Air Force to offer online training site for contracting professionals

When officials launch the Air Force Contracting Learning Center SharePoint site July 12, it will culminate efforts to provide contracting professionals with a single entry point for continuous learning. Per DoD Instruction 5000.66, contracting professionals must accumulate 80 continuous learning