AFMC Command News

  • 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

  • Air Armament Symposium brings defense, industry together

    For the 36th year, the Air Armament Center partnered with the National Defense Industrial Association to host its annual Air Armament Symposium here Oct. 5-6, 2010.The symposium, a two-day forum for both industry and government personnel, was an opportunity to exchange information, recognize

  • AFMC highlights October as Energy Awareness Month

    In recognition of October as Energy Awareness Month, Air Force Materiel Command debuted a web page Oct. 4, 2010, that features articles focused on this year's Air Force energy awareness theme of "A New Culture: Energy as an Operations Enabler." This theme is intended to showcase the importance of

  • AFMC air logistics center marks KC-135 maintenance milestone

    The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center sealed the deal on a pledge to America's warfighters Oct. 4 by celebrating the depot maintenance of 55 KC-135 Stratotankers in fiscal 2010, the most in nearly two decades.With the 76th Maintenance Wing heading the effort, the center vowed to help the Air Force

  • General Nolan takes command of Edwards center

    Brig. Gen. Robert C. Nolan II became the 22nd commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center in a Oct. 5, 2010, ceremony here. After a final review of his troops, Maj. Gen. David J. Eichhorn relinquished the center's colors to Gen. Donald J. Hoffman, Air Force Materiel Command commander,  who

  • Energy conservation through culture change

    Many people remember their parents yelling at them about leaving the lights on in empty rooms. As the ones paying the bills, many of these same people are now yelling at their own kids about not turning out lights. All Dave Bury wants is for people here to bring that same mentality with them when