AFMC Command News

  • Assistant Secretary of the Air Force visits Edwards

    Terry A. Yonkers (center) Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics visits with David Harrell (right) a facilities specialist with the 95th Civil Engineering Division in the utility building on Jan. 19, 2012, as Col. Calvin Williams, senior military assistant

  • My educational journey: You are never too old

    My education journey took a very long time to achieve. My father never finished high school and my mother finished only two months of nursing classes before she married my father. I was the oldest of six children, and only one of two in my family to receive a college degree. It was never the

  • DOD pricing director visits Electronic Systems Center

    "Common sense" was a main theme when Shay Assad, Defense Pricing director for the Department of Defense, spoke to the Electronic Systems Center workforce on 'Better Business Initiatives' at the base theater Jan. 30, 2012.Saying that for a long time the Department has just been paying too much, Assad

  • Commentary: A command chief's educational journey

    A few years ago I was asked to be the commencement speaker at a Community College of the Air Force graduation. I gladly accepted and over the next few weeks I worked on developing a speech that would be meaningful and hopefully enlightening.However, as I conducted my research, I was amazed by what I

  • Operationally Responsive Space-1 satellite declared mission ready

    On Jan. 3, 2012, Air Force Space Command Commander Gen. William Shelton declared the Operationally Responsive Space-1 satellite had achieved initial/final operational capability.The declaration marked another milestone for the record-breaking spacecraft, which went from the drawing board to the

  • Acquisition board approves DEAMS next phase

    The Defense Acquisition Board on Jan. 10, 2012, approved the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System's entry into the engineering and manufacturing development phase, otherwise known in acquisition terms as Milestone B.The purpose of DEAMS, which was initiated in 2003 as a joint effort

  • ESC working to upgrade the 'heart' of control, reporting center

    The Electronic Systems Center is working to modernize the U.S. Air Force Control and Reporting Center and has recently put out a request for information to upgrade the CRC Operations Module. The CRC is a mobile command, control and communications radar element which provides a comprehensive air

  • AFMC to observe American Heart Month in February

    February is American Heart Month and a good time to educate ourselves on how to prevent heart disease. Cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke, is the number one cause of death for men and women in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control, every 25 seconds an

  • General speaks on change, calls for mission focus during 'State of ESC'

    Transition and transformation were the main topics highlighted when Electronic Systems Center Commander Lt. Gen. CR Davis presented the 'State of ESC' Jan. 19 at the Marriott Hotel in Newton, Mass.However, the general emphasized that, even with all the change on the horizon, it's essential for ESC

  • Deployed Eglin Airman helps with coat drive

    Nurzat Ashimeva looks though coats while Staff Sgt. Shane Goss organizes them Jan. 17, 2012, during an Operation Warm and Dry distribution at the Beat School here. More than 1,600 winter coats and 200 blankets were handed out to Kyrgyz citizens in the Issyk-Kul region. There are seven phases to

  • Building credibility and process improvement, one shop at a time

    The C-5 maintenance shops at Robins Air Force Base are a model for process improvement. Stroll into any of the work cell stations inside the cavernous Bldg. 169 and changes are evidenced by the steady hum of workers across flap and pylon shops, sanding booths and the heavily-used grit blasting room.

  • OC-ALC receives DOD maintenance award

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center received the 2011 Robert T. Mason Depot Maintenance Excellence Award at a presentation ceremony here Jan. 11, 2012.John B. Johns, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for maintenance at the Department of Defense, presented the award, which was given for

  • Military logistics strained, but healthy, official says

    The state of military logistics is healthy and service members are doing amazing things to supply operations around the world, but the system is strained as a result of 10 years of war, the Joint Staff's director of logistics said here.Lt. Gen. Brooks L. Bash said military logisticians are, in many

  • Marine F-35Bs delivered to Eglin, Warlords

    A resolution to be even more expeditionary will be met this year, now that Marines here received their first two F-35B Lightning II variants of the Defense Department's fifth generation fighter Jan. 11, 2012.At the 33rd Fighter Wing, Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 is the home for the

  • Team accelerates test, delivers B-1B close-air support capability

    B-1B bombers can find and strike moving targets in close-air support of ground troops even quicker than before thanks to a developmental test team from Edwards partnering with an operational test team from Texas to accelerate testing and deliver a mission-critical capability to the