AFMC Command News

  • Commentary: Debt to veterans can never fully be repaid

    Despite the rhetoric and divisiveness we witnessed during this election year, there is one topic where Congress historically votes with one voice: supporting our military and our veterans. In early October, Congress approved the Veterans Benefits Act of 2010. This comprehensive bill encompasses a

  • AEDC reduces customer power costs by almost $5 million

    Arnold Engineering Development Center averted a $4.86-million energy bill for its customers in the fall of 2010 with a program called night operations or "night ops." As part of night ops, tests that require the most energy consumption are done during the evening and into the morning of the next day

  • Joint STARS demonstrates key network-enabled weapons capability

    An Electronic Systems Center team here is wrapping up work on a demonstration that looks to greatly improve network enabled weapons capabilities for joint forces. The Battle Management Directorate's E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Modernization Branch has been participating in the

  • Hanscom prepares for Energy Awareness Month

    Summer has come to a close and more tolerable temperatures are here. The good news about cooler temperatures is utility bills are likely to go down. But for those that think they pay a lot for energy, imagine paying Hanscom Air Force Base's bill of nearly one million dollars each month. Every

  • Contract extension will put CLIP aboard bombers

    A Sept. 29, 2010, Electronic Systems Center contract award will enable continued integration of an airborne communication system aboard two key Air Force platforms.The $14 million award to Northrop Grumman Corp. extends a previous contract to develop and test the Common Link Integration Processing,

  • Six AFMC civilians among 2010 Presidential Rank Award winners

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley announced Oct. 19, 2010, Air Force recipients of the prestigious Presidential Rank Awards for 2010, and the list includes six civilians currently assigned to Air Force Materiel Command. "Winners of this prestigious award are strong leaders, professionals and

  • Airmen support reinstatement of face-to-face boards

    For the first time in several years, active-duty quarterly award nominees assigned to headquarters Air Force Materiel Command were required to 'meet the board.' Award winners were honored at a breakfast Oct. 8, 2010.The reinstatement of face-to-face boards is part of AFMC's 'Hold the Line'

  • SecAF addresses challenges ahead with Kirtland community leaders, Airmen

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley visited Kirtland Air Force Base Oct. 13-14, 2010, to meet with base leadership, speak with Airmen serving here and address members of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce.During his visit, Secretary Donley visited multiple base organizations,

  • Show of support: DLA director visits Tinker air logistics center

    His trip was two-fold and an overall success. On Oct. 6, 2010, Tinker welcomed Navy Vice Adm. Alan Thompson, Defense Logistics Agency director.Admiral Thompson visited with significant customers and stakeholders including the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center to see how DLA supported the center and

  • Program Managers speak out on AFIT course

    Installations rich with active duty and civilian program managers, such as Wright-Patterson, Hanscom AFB, Mass., Eglin AFB, Fla., and Los Angeles AFB, Calif., will find a valuable training resource in the AFIT School of Systems and Logistics. Many acquisition professionals are challenged when it

  • ESC commander provides acquisition 'ground truths' at meeting

    Electronic Systems Center Commander Lt. Gen. Ted Bowlds, who is preparing to retire, offered some insights from his three years in command of ESC and his 35 years of acquisition experience to a local industry group Oct. 14, 2010.Speaking to the Hanscom Representatives Association at the Minuteman

  • ESC to deliver 40,000th advanced search, rescue radio to operators

    Officials of the Electronic Systems Center will deliver the 40,000th Combat Survivor Evader Locator, or CSEL, radio to U.S. operators by the end of October 2010.Because the likelihood of rescue decreases significantly with time, CSEL's advanced technology is credited with saving many lives by

  • Feature - Deployed Hanscom major helps Iraqi family, improves relations

    Improving the image of Americans in Iraq was not on the mind of a deployed Electronic Systems Center major; he was just trying to help a family in need.Maj. Michael Lauden, director of operations for ESC's Air Force Distributed Common Ground Systems Division, has been deployed to Iraq since May. In

  • Solar-powered crosswalk lights, sensors help base save energy

    Let there be no doubt: Tinker is pro-energy conservation.As Energy Awareness Month gets under way, base personnel here are appreciating one of the most resourceful additions to the installation -- solar-powered crosswalk and light sensors. There are six sets on base with talks of adding at least one