AFMC Command News

  • Final C-17 enters Air Force inventory

    The Air Force received its final C-17 Globemaster III -- the 223rd aircraft -- during ceremonies Sept. 12, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston.The last new cargo jet, built in Boeing's Long Beach, Calif., facility, was delivered this week to the South Carolina base's 437th Airlift Wing and 315th Airlift

  • Level I and II acquisition certification now automated

    As of August 2013 the acquisition certification system will review personnel records daily to determine if an individual meets Level I or II acquisition certification standards. If a personnel record shows that an individual meets all required standards, he or she will automatically be granted

  • My educational journey: What drives me

    "I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." -Michael Jordan"The best revenge is massive success." -Frank

  • KC-46 critical design review officially closed

    The Air Force officially closed the KC-46 Weapon System Critical Design Review on Aug. 21, 2013, one month ahead of the Sept. 24 contractual date. This formal closure of the July Weapon System Design Review represents the culmination of more than 10 months of component and sub-system design reviews,

  • My educational journey: You can never have too much education

    My educational journey began before I joined the military. As a teen mother, I was determined to finish college; I wanted to be a role model for my son. I managed to complete a year and a half of college before being a full time student, working full time and being a mother began to be too much to

  • Only AF Forward Surgical Team saves service members' lives

    The phone rings and a medic answers. It's a service member ready to give a nine line report. There's been a rocket attack and resulting in several injuries. The medics quickly prepare for the incoming patients.All over Afghanistan service members are deployed to forward operating bases as they

  • 500th electronic tester delivered, Robins plays key part

    Robins Air Force Base plays a vital role in managing and sustaining electronic warfare capabilities onboard weapon systems platforms across the Department of Defense.That includes management and software maintenance for the Joint Service Electronic Combat Systems Tester, which recently celebrated

  • Tinker ramps up repair of fighter's F119 engines

    The 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group is amplifying its F119 jet engine repair capabilities."We are ramping up repairs of the F119 modules, and more parts will be routed to the component repair cells," F119 Program Manager Brian Thompson said.The F119 propels the F-22 Raptor. The fighter is powered

  • AF Heritage: Gen. Tinker still honored by native Indian tribe

    During the early days of World War II, an Army Air Corps major general, who was an Oklahoma native, and member of the Osage Indian tribe, was named to lead the air effort in Hawaii following Pearl Harbor.Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker managed to stay close to his tribe during his 30 plus years as a

  • Long-range radar program heading to next phase

    A program office here working to provide warfighters with a new ground-based, long-range radar system is ready to move forward after the completion of recent prototype demonstrations. The Theater Battle Control Division's Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar, or 3DELRR, program office

  • Airmen asked to participate in DOD anti-tobacco video competition

    The Department of Defense, Health Affairs, has recently announced a new countermarketing video competition that aims to target tobacco as an enemy of the military that degrades service members' health, fitness, mission readiness and work productivity. The competition, entitled "Fight the Enemy,"

  • Communications capability surpasses 50,000 flight hours

    A Life Cycle Management Center program managed here that ensures warfighters can stay connected reached a significant milestone last week.The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, translates and distributes imagery, video, voice and data between warfighters, both in the air and on the

  • Hagel announces reduction in civilian furlough days

    Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Aug. 6, 2013.Here is the complete