AFMC Command News

  • Air Force Marathon sets attendance record for second year

    The 2011 U.S. Air Force Marathon broke a number of records this year -- first by selling out earlier than ever in June and then by lining up 13,000 runners at the starting line on the grounds of Wright State University and the National Museum of the United States Air Force here. This previous record

  • Results, not systems, targeted at annual Net-Centric Conference

    The ninth annual Net-Centric Operations conference held here Sept. 12, 2011, featured a robust group of speakers and panelists who focused on how to provide critical information more quickly, securely and cost-effectively.The conference was sponsored by the Patriots Roost Chapter of the Association

  • Wright-Patt takes a mid-tour look at status of CCAF initiative

    Secretaries of education, mentors and personnel from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's Education Office gathered at the base theater here Sept. 1 to review progress made to date during the Year of the Community College of the Air Force emphasis, which kicked off in January. Air Force Materiel

  • ESC awards contract to ensure warfighters can receive needed info

    The Electronic Systems Center recently awarded a contract to General Dynamics to ensure warfighters will continue receiving the data files, imagery and full motion video they are accustomed to."The Global Broadcast Service is a combination of direct TV and direct PC for the warfighter," said Mike

  • Leaders highlight challenges during ESC change of command

    Challenges -- those that have been overcome in the past and new ones to be faced in the future -- formed the common thread at the Electronic Systems Center change of command ceremony Sept. 1, 2011, where Lt. Gen. Charles Davis took over as the new ESC commander.Gen. Donald Hoffman, Air Force

  • Flu shots to be available for civilians as well as military

    This year, flu vaccine will be made available to Air Force Materiel Command's civilian workforce in addition to active-duty personnel and their family members.Given the negative impact of the flu on workforce health and workplace productivity, AFMC Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman approved the purchase

  • Kirtland civilian earns energy savings award

    A 377th Civil Engineer Division member here recently earned a 2011 Federal Energy and Water Management award. Cliff Richardson led a campaign that has reduced energy consumption here by almost 10 percent, saving more than $22 million during the last decade. The award is part of a U.S. Department of

  • Hold the Line: Emotional Intelligence

    Emotional intelligence, fact-based leadership and fact-based followership are perhaps the most basic techniques that both leaders and followers can use to drive teamwork and superior mission accomplishment. I recently observed an exchange between aspiring senior non-commissioned officers and junior

  • My educational journey: 36-2618 reasons to get a CCAF

    Learning from my educational journey, I frequently challenge my peers to get their Community College of the Air Force degree. You see, I was an Airman who did not see relevance or worth in a CCAF; to be honest, I did not want one. I had enlisted in the Air Force for a real education and made the

  • Brooks' last Air Force unit completes inactivation ceremony

    The Air Force ended nearly 95 years of service, research and training at Brooks City-Base Aug. 31, 2011, when the last unit inactivated in a ceremony rich with military tradition. The commander of the Air Force Materiel Command and commander of the 311th Air Base Group at Brooks led the ceremony in

  • C-17 airdrop sets record, completes next step for Ares I program

    Though Edwards, along with the rest of the nation, bid farewell to the space shuttle mission, the 418th Flight Test Squadron and NASA took another step toward the future of America's space program -- and set a record doing it. An 85,000-pound jumbo drop test vehicle was extracted out of a C-17A at