AFMC Command News

  • Efficiencies, balance main focuses of FY12 budget

    Air Force officials said despite a reduction in the top line request, combat capabilities and balance will remain focal points in the Air Force's portion of the president's fiscal 2012 budget presented here Feb 14, 2011.The total Air Force budget request for FY12 is $166.3 billion, down from $170.8

  • Edwards measurement lab passes evaluation with precision

    The Edwards Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory passed with precision a recent evaluation that ensures the lab performs measurements that are safe, accurate, reliable and traceable. The Air Force Metrology and Calibration Center performed the biannual evaluation Jan. 18 through Jan. 27.

  • X-47B performs first flight at Edwards

    Edwards became the site of another first when Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy successfully conducted the first flight of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration aircraft here Feb. 4, 2011. The fighter-size unmanned aircraft took off at 2:09 p.m. and successfully flew the 29 minutes

  • Tinker wing's transformation to save money, energy

    The 76th Maintenance Wing is accelerating energy-conservation transformational efforts. Officials said the results could save the wing 5 to 20 percent in energy usage.The wing recently authorized the installation of 135 advanced electric, steam and water meters around its facilities. Installation is

  • Eglin staff sergeant earns Sijan leadership award

    Explosive ordnance technician Staff Sgt. Michael Pereira had a memorable 2010. He deployed, was honored with a Bronze Star, earned an Army Commendation medal and was featured on the Air Force Recruiting Service "Everyday Sci Fi" series. Continuing the trend, 2011 brought another memorable moment

  • My educational journey: Who needs more education?

    My educational journey began a few years prior to me joining the U.S. Air Force in Grand Junction, Colorado. I was attending Mesa State College and majoring in the field of Geological Sciences. My overall goal was to follow in the footsteps of my father and grandfather, working for them in the

  • AFMC headquarters receives Air Force Organizational Excellence Award

    Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command has been awarded the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, according to a special order from the Secretary of the Air Force dated Dec. 10, 2010.The headquarters received the award for exceptionally meritorious service for the period of Jan. 1, 2008, to

  • Airmen join Soldiers in contracting exercise

    About two dozen contracting Airmen descended onto the home of the 101st Airborne Division here to get a taste of contracting operations in a contingency environment.The Airmen came from as far away as Japan, Alaska and Hawaii to participate in the U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command

  • Center awards Space Fence preliminary design contracts

    The Electronic Systems Center has issued two competitive contract orders, each worth $107 million, for preliminary design of the Space Fence program. The center awarded the contracts to Raytheon Corp.'s Integrated Defense Systems and Lockheed Martin Corporation's Mission Systems & Sensors Division.

  • AFMC receives Silver Delegation authority for contracted services

    In November 2010, Air Force Materiel Command received authority to award services contracts up to $500 million. Brig. Gen. Wendy Masiello, Air Force Program Executive Officer for combat and mission support, upgraded the award from its probationary status received in August 2008. This is all part of

  • Air Force officials announce court-martial sentence for former command chief

    The week-long court-martial of Chief Master Sgt. William Gurney, the former command chief of Air Force Materiel Command, concluded Jan. 28, 2011, with a six-member panel of male officers sentencing the chief to 20 months confinement, reduction to rank of E-1 and a dishonorable discharge for 15

  • AFMC commander visits Tinker air logistics center

    Inside an E-3 Sentry aircraft at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Gen. Donald Hoffman gets an update on Block 40/45 modifications, including upgrading fiber optic and traditional data cabling, from Tinker's William Baumann, E-3 Production Flight Chief for the 76th Maintenance Wing. General

  • General calls for more speed, efficiency during 'State of ESC' address

    Delivering his fourth and final State of ESC address, Electronic Systems Center Commander Lt. Gen. Ted Bowlds said the center had performed well against some specific targets he set a year ago.He delivered the address Jan. 26, 2011, at the Marriott Hotel in Newton, Mass., and his speech was

  • AFMC commander flies drone during Holloman visit

    Gen. Donald Hoffman, Air Force Materiel Command commander, got a firsthand look at the base's warfighting capabilities when he flew a QF-4 Phantom II during a two-day visit here that began Jan. 20, 2011. The supersonic QF-4 is a reusable full-scale target drone modified from the F-4 Phantom, and

  • Nuclear weapons center attains full operational capability

    The commander of Air Force Materiel Command declared full operational capability for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center during the change of command ceremony Jan. 20, 2011.During his comments, AFMC Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman spoke to the center's growth and noted that the center was the single