AFMC Command News

  • AFMC vice commander reflects on tenure, transition to new post

    Progress -- that's the legacy Air Force Materiel Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger hopes to leave behind as her tenure at Headquarters AFMC draws to a close this week."As I look back on this time frame, my hope is that I will be remembered not only for taking care of the command's

  • Teamwork leads to big Oklahoma City ALC win

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center recently won the highly regarded 2011 Robert T. Mason Depot Maintenance Excellence Award for its work on the KC-135 Stratotanker Programmed Depot Maintenance line. The Department of Defense award, named for Robert T. Mason, a former assistant deputy under the

  • ESC awards contract for lightened instrument landing system

    Officials at the Electronic Systems Center issued an $8.8 million contract award to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Network Systems Division, on Aug. 12, 2011, to provide the U.S. Air Force a deployable precision approach landing capability to support contingency operations or humanitarian missions

  • ESC radar program reaches major milestone

    The Electronic Systems Center's Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program, or MP-RTIP, sensor recently had its first flight on Global Hawk Block 40."This event marks a major milestone for the program after nearly 10 years of planning, development and initial testing," said Lt. Col. Michael

  • Communications upgrades keep warfighters connected

    The Theater Deployable Communications Team at the Electronic Systems Center is continuing to ensure warfighters have the key communications infrastructure they need while deployed."We are looking for capability modernization and to update the equipment modules that make up TDC as they get to

  • DOD names AFMC team recipient of maintenance excellence award

    Department of Defense officials announced Aug. 10, 2011, that the KC-135 Stratotanker Programmed Depot Maintenance Team at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the recipient of the 2011 Robert T. Mason Depot Maintenance Excellence Award.The awards are presented

  • EOD Airman receives Purple Heart, Army Commendation Medal with Valor

    After a 750-pound bomb exploded in a compound in war-torn Afghanistan, an Edwards Airman used his bare hands to dig through piles of rubble in a daring attempt to save the lives of two children who were trapped under debris.Members of Team Edwards gathered Aug. 3, 2011, to watch as Senior Airman

  • Simple "divert kit" makes big improvement to Global Hawk

    A simple solution to a difficult problem resulted in dramatically enhancing the ability of the RQ-4B Global Hawk to deploy anywhere in the world.Because this particular remotely piloted aircraft requires a specialized tow bar to be moved on the ground, it is pre-programmed with a list of airfields

  • Aerial refuelers coming to Robins

    Numerous organizations here have spent the past month preparing for the arrival of five KC-135 Stratotankers, which will temporarily be stationed at Robins during an upcoming exercise.The aerial refuelers are part of a detachment from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., set to operate here Aug. 7-20.

  • ESC Change of Command set

    Maj. Gen. Charles Davis, who will be promoted to lieutenant general in a ceremony earlier in the day, will take command of the Electronic Systems Center here Sept. 1 at 1 p.m. in the Hanscom Aero Club Hangar. Lt. Gen. Ted Bowlds, who has commanded the center for nearly four years, will relinquish

  • My educational journey: Practice what you preach

    Growing up in a small town near Dayton, Ohio, I never dreamed of going to college. My goals were quite simple: play sports and graduate high school. Once those goals were met, I did think briefly about college, but I had no idea what to study -- and that lead me my local recruiter. In May 2000, I

  • Commentary: Culture of correcting standards

    Do our Airmen set and correct standards on a day-to-day basis? In the Air Force, do we have the "culture of correcting standards"? I think we do a great job in correcting each other with regard to our specific career field tasks. However, we don't do a very good job at correcting standards that make

  • Maintainers retrieve C-5 part from retired aircraft

    Earlier this year, a Robins test-flight crew made the unusual move of flying a C-5 directly from a maintenance depot to the retirement yard in Arizona.The retired plane flown to Arizona had been here for programmed depot maintenance, but maintainers discovered it had a mainframe crack that would

  • Energy competition wraps up, winners announced

    The Hanscom Energy Reduction Competition wrapped up on the last day of June and civil engineering officials feel the seeds have been planted to make the base a more energy efficient place. "We took a baseline energy reading in December," said Karl Berg, base energy manager. "From December to January