AFMC Command News

  • New tech-advanced classroom awaits F-35 students

    A foundation for how the first generation of F-35 pilots and maintainers trains for the next half century continues to evolve here as the 33rd Fighter Wing adds state of the art technology to the classroom arsenal. "The technology is fabulous. It brings us to a revolutionary new capability that's

  • Eglin's Natural Resources Manager earns DOD environmental award

    The Department of Defense honored one of Eglin's own at a ceremony held at the Pentagon today.The 96th Civil Engineer Group's Steve Seiber received the 2010 Secretary of Defense Environmental Award for Natural Resources Conservation for his outstanding achievements to conserve and sustain natural

  • IP-based airborne comm tested hard during JEFX '10

    Officials at the Electronic Systems Center here are currently analyzing reams of data gleaned from the recently-completed Joint Expeditionary Forces Experiment 2010, known as JEFX.The massive experiment, the final phase of which ran from April 12 through 23, featured live-fly activities mostly at

  • 76 AMXG hosts automobile collision industry consortium

    Automobile collision industry representatives ventured to Tinker Air Force Base May 18 to discuss better business practices with the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group. Having recently discovered the unlikely ally, 76 AMXG leadership said they believed both industries would benefit by sharing ideas and

  • Youth Center children learn to conserve, energized to save

    The kids here have one-upped the adults in a big way. During a recent four-month period, Tinker's Youth Center members decreased their energy consumption by 37 percent. During that same period, energy usage at the rest of the base was reduced by just 19 percent. Ranging in age from 5 to 18, the kids

  • X-51 Waverider makes historic hypersonic flight

    An X-51A Waverider flight test vehicle successfully made the longest ever supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight May 26 off the southern California Pacific coast.The more than 200 second burn by the X-51's Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne-built air breathing scramjet engine accelerated the

  • Air Force transitions from NSPS to GS

    Most Air Force civilians under the National Security Personnel System will convert to the General Schedule by the end of this fiscal year in support of the Department of Defense goal to convert out as quickly as possible. This conversion out of NSPS was mandated by the Fiscal 2010 National Defense

  • 'How Low Can You Go' to save energy

    As summer approaches, Eglin's Energy Management Center is gearing up for its second 'How Low Can You Go?' campaign. The goals of this campaign are simple: reduce Eglin's energy consumption over the Memorial Day weekend and make energy conservation a priority all summer long. The first 'How Low Can

  • Air Force updates industry on equipment needs

    Members of the Air Force Uniform Office attended the Advanced Planning Brief for Industry in Springfield, Va., May 19-20, to present and challenge members of industry with current and future design needs for uniforms and equipment. "The overarching goal for us is to make sure the needs of our Airmen

  • X-51A flight planned May 25

    Weather permitting, Air Force officials said the X-51A Waverider will make its first hypersonic flight test attempt May 25, after it's released by a B-52 bomber off the southern California coast.The X-51A program is a collaborative effort of the Air Force Research Laboratory, headquartered at