AFMC Command News

  • Hold the Line: Life lessons -- learning to be remembered

    Some days I, like many others, only learn life's lessons through a significant emotional event, only learning the hard way. Do we have this trait in common? Some of these significant emotional events are very positive and some painfully negative. For some it's the first time away from home, an

  • Air Force completes FY12 civilian workforce restructure

    Air Force officials announced 4,500 additional positions for elimination as a continuation of its FY12 Civilian Workforce Restructure Jan 11, 2012. This reduction builds on the realignments announced in November, including the elimination of 9,000 positions and the addition of 5,900 positions

  • AFMC kicks off "Year of Continuing Education"

    Building on the success of its "Year of the Community College of the Air Force" campaign in 2011, Air Force Materiel Command rolled out a plan for the "Year of Continuing Education" Jan. 1, 2012.Gen. Donald Hoffman, AFMC commander, introduced the initiative in a Commander's Log sent via email Jan.

  • Rules restrict political activity by DOD personnel

    With election activity steadily picking up, defense officials are in the process of issuing regular election-year guidance to remind military and Defense Department civilians that they're subject to rules regulating their involvement in political activities.This issue -- one the department regularly

  • Supervisor Resource Center now available online through Air Force Portal

    The Supervisor Resource Center, a virtual clearinghouse of resources that provides helpful online tools and information for new and seasoned supervisors and employees, is now available online through the Air Force Portal.The Supervisor Resource Center features a blend of human capital management

  • My educational journey: No excuses

    When I joined the Air Force in April 1985, my goal was to do four years and return back home with a college degree. My older brother had already set the example for me when he joined the Air Force a decade earlier. His four year enlistment led to him achieving a four year degree. So, if it worked

  • AFMC commander emphasizes continuing education

    AFMC Warriors,Building upon the success of the 2011 "Year of the Community College of the Air Force" (YoCCAF), AFMC will continue the initiative for 2012 and beginning this month will launch into the "Year of Continuing Education" (YoCE). Continuing education benefits all us -- Officer, Enlisted,

  • 2012 Air Force Marathon setting registration records

    Nearly 4,200 athletes registered for the 2012 Air Force Marathon on Jan. 1, more than doubling the one-day total from last year.With 30 percent of slots already taken, another early sellout is predicted."We added an additional 1,500 spots to bring the total field to 15,000 this year to give more

  • Air Force offering second round of VERA/VSIP

    The Air Force is offering a second round of voluntary early retirement authority and voluntary separation incentive pay beginning Jan. 9, 2012.The move is part of the Air Force's continuing effort to meet the Department of Defense requirement to maintain civilian funding at fiscal 2010 levels"The

  • B-2 Spirit featured aircraft for 2012 Marathon

    The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber will be the featured aircraft for the 2012 Air Force Marathon. The iconic batwing shaped aircraft will be prominently displayed on all official Marathon gear, including the highly coveted finisher's medal racers receive after crossing the long 26.2-mile road to the

  • Military maintainers qualify in F-35A flight inspections

    The first group of military maintainers at the 33rd Fighter Wing recently qualified in numerous F-35A flight inspections by a uniformed certifier, a task only civilian certifiers initially were contracted to support."This first-ever Air Force to Air Force on-the-job training event is an important

  • Air Force Marathon registration to open with special 1-day only prices

    Registration for the Air Force Marathon will open Jan. 1, 2012, at midnight with a special one-day only price.For Jan. 1 only, the full marathon is $75; half marathon is $60; 10K is $35 and the 5K is $20. "We've offered special pricing on January 1st for the last few years and it has helped get our

  • Hold the Line: Goals -- the key to success

    When goals are mentioned at this time of year, most people think of hockey or football games, or maybe even dreaming up a New Year's resolution. So why do we even need goals? Why should we write them down? Goals are things you want to accomplish sometime in the future. Goals are great -- they

  • Robins maintainers replacing C-5 full crown skins

    Maintainers in the 559th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here are carrying out a unique mission. For the first time, 20 full crown skin replacements are being done on a C-5C. In the past, only a portion of each skin would be removed and replaced. Crown skins are the outer layers of an aircraft, held