AFMC Command News

  • AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo 2011: At a Glance

    Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call Tattoo 2011 is just around the corner. The free, family-friendly event is set for Friday, June 24, which is only a month away.This year's theme of 'Defending Liberty ... Home and Abroad' honors the men and women who served their country during Operation

  • Commentary: On Memorial Day, take a lesson from the Old Guard

    The exact origins of Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, are not known. It was officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868, by Gen. John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, that a day should be observed nationwide as a ritual of remembrance and reconciliation. That

  • Integrated system to enhance personnel, pay processes

    After more than a year and a half of rigorous planning, the team working to acquire the new Air Force Integrated Personnel and Pay System is confident the program's on the right track and prepared to move toward a summer request for proposal. The AF-IPPS team held a very successful industry day in

  • Air Force officials announce civilian hiring controls

    Air Force leaders announced that hiring controls were instituted May 12 to reduce projected growth of the civilian workforce.The Air Force-wide efforts to stem the civilian personnel growth are a result of Secretary of Defense Robert Gate's efficiency initiatives to maintain civilian manning at

  • Enterprise Sourcing Group postpones industry outreach event

    Officials with the Enterprise Sourcing Group here have postponed the first Air Force Strategic Sourcing Industry Outreach until late this summer.The event had originally been planned May 24-25, 2011, at the Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio. "We elected to postpone the industry outreach to

  • Kirtland AFB earns top AF hospitality honor

    The Thunderbird Inn dining facility here was named winner of the John L. Hennessy award, the Air Force's top hospitality honor.The award recognizes dining facilities that demonstrate excellence in the food service industry.After winning a gold plate, Air Force Material Command's top hospitality

  • Six AFMC civilians receive Presidential Rank Award

    Six Air Force Materiel Command senior civilians received the prestigious Presidential Rank Award at a ceremony April 22, 2011. The awards were presented by Under Secretary of the Air Force Erin Conaton and Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Philip Breedlove.Each year the president awards the ranks

  • Commentary: Strong leadership will always hold the line

    In my experience, effective leaders demonstrate a team approach without favoritism toward anyone. Good leaders are good listeners, who provide clear and concise direction on decision-making, articulate their message well and keep emotions out of the decision process. Ineffective leaders demonstrate

  • Feature: Shooting survivor, not a victim

    "Control your breathing, lie still, play dead." During the most devastating moment of her life Staff Sgt. Deondra Parks couldn't believe her brain behaved so rationally. "So this is what a massacre is like?" she asked herself as a madman with a shotgun wreaked havoc around her.Sergeant Parks, a 72nd

  • Human Performance Wing wins Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    The 711th Human Performance Wing, including its three mission units, won the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service of national and international significance from March 25, 2008, to March 24, 2010.The wing was recognized for a number of accomplishments, including

  • Acquisition pros must be fiscal stewards, commander says

    Emphasizing that America's number-one national security challenge may well be our fiscal health as a nation, the commander of Air Force Materiel Command opened the 2011 Defense Acquisition University Acquisition Insight Conference with a bracing observation."We're on an unsustainable path," Gen.

  • AFMC munitions squadrons to transfer to Global Strike Command

    The Air Force announced today plans to transfer munitions squadrons responsible for nuclear mission support from Air Force Materiel Command to Air Force Global Strike Command in the next 12 months, as another step in continuing to strengthen the nuclear enterprise.Under a previous move, these