AFMC Command News

  • My educational journey: Many are given options; I created my own!

    I arrived at my current duty station -- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio -- April 5, 2009 with the mindset of pursuing education. Throughout my time in basic training and technical school, I had vowed to myself I would attain my Community College of the Air Force degree before my peers and stay

  • AFMC commander talks warfighter input, tactical refinements after AOR trip

    Positive warfighter feedback and a shorter to-do list were among the predominant characteristics of a recent trip made by command senior leaders to the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility, said Gen. Donald Hoffman during a March 26 interview."I can't say that I got any negative feedback

  • AFMC book commemorates command's 20th anniversary

    Air Force Materiel Command officials have released the command's limited-edition anniversary book, highlighting AFMC's 20 years of providing expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter.The release of this commemorative book, entitled 'Air Force Materiel Command: 20 Years of Warfighter Support,'

  • AFMC leaders plan toward summer stand-up of new centers

    Implementation details of the Air Force Materiel Command's restructure were refined when commanders and senior civilians from across AFMC gathered here for their annual Senior Leader Conference March 27 to 29, 2012.The focus of the conference was detailed planning on the command initiative to reduce

  • Largest-known scanning electron microscope proves big asset to Tinker

    Four-and-a-half years ago, the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center purchased the largest-known scanning electron microscope in the world. It had been estimated the $2.2-million Ellcie, formerly Visitec, Microtechnik GmbH Mira-X large-chamber scanning electron microscope would save the Air Force

  • Marathon 10K sells out before price increase

    The Air Force Marathon office announced that the 10K race sold out on March 23, 2012, in a record-setting 12-week period, just ahead of the April 2 price increase. "In 2011, it took five and a half months for the 10K to close out," said Rob Aguiar, assistant race director. "This year, it took just

  • AFMC announces, honors annual enlisted award winners

    Air Force Materiel Command announced its top enlisted Airmen of 2011 during the command's Annual Enlisted Awards Banquet March 29, 2012, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.More than 350 family members, friends, wingmen and command officials gathered in the modern flight gallery of

  • F-35A completes first night refueling mission

    The first night refueling in the history of the F-35 program was completed March 26, 2012, here. Piloted by Lt. Col. Peter Vitt, 461st Flight Test Squadron director of operations, AF-4, an F-35A conventional takeoff and landing variant, rendezvoused with an Air Force KC-135 tanker and successfully

  • Key Joint STARS equipment upgrades in the works

    The Electronic Systems Center here is working to upgrade critical mission equipment on the E-8 Joint STARS aircraft and recent flight testing is proving successful and advancing the program.Joint STARS is an airborne battle management, command and control and intelligence, surveillance and

  • Final Combat Talon I undergoes PDM

    In two weeks, the last MC-130E Combat Talon I will complete its final phase of programmed depot maintenance here before departing for its final run from the flight line. The Combat Talon I fleet has been at Robins for PDM since the 1990s. The program was transferred from Lockheed's Big Safari

  • Commentary: Hold the line on timeless leadership

    Before I transferred from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., I had an incentive ride in an F-16. At 15,000 feet, the view of Rogers Dry Lake Bed was surreal.The moment made me reflect on history, and I considered the many changes since the birth of the Air Force in 1947: the advent of personal