AFMC Command News

  • Welsh 'humbled' to serve as Air Force chief of staff

    The Air Force chief of staff flag passed to the service's 20th chief in a ceremony here Aug. 10, 2012.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year Airman, stepped into the position, taking over for Gen. Norton Schwartz, who also retired from the Air Force during the ceremony."Mark is respected throughout the

  • Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II outlines the way ahead for AFLCMC

    In the first of several town hall meetings, Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, the inaugural commander of the new Air Force Life Cycle Management Center shared thoughts, themes, goals and challenges Aug. 1, 2012, at the Air Force Institute of Technology's Kenney Hall. The center, which has 26,000 employees,

  • Daughter of Edwards contractor takes bronze in Olympic long jump

    Air Force family member Janay DeLoach leaped 6.89 meters at Olympic stadium on the night of Aug. 8, 2012, to take the bronze medal in women's long jump.Her father is retired Chief Master Sgt. William DeLoach, whose last assignment was at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and he now works as a

  • AEDC has role in Mars Rover success

    As news broke of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) "Curiosity" rover's successful landing on the "Red Planet" Aug. 6, Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) Hypervelocity Tunnel 9 Director Dan Marren was watching the live TV broadcast of the event."Last night, after eight months of

  • My educational journey: Turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones

    My educational journey began in Oklahoma, one very hot day in 1965. I was picking cotton in order to purchase school supplies and clothing for my children, and I looked up to the sky and said, "God, there must be something better than this!" And there was!At the start of the 1966 school year, I

  • Program to improve IT core services achieves key milestone

    An Air Force program that will save money, save energy and improve core information technology services, such as e-mail, has recently met a significant milestone.Hardware to consolidate four regional data processing centers into one area processing center has been delivered, installed and tested at

  • 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