AFMC Command News

  • Air Force Releases Results of F-22 Accident Investigation

    An accident investigation board has determined that human factors associated with high gravitational forces caused the crash of an F-22 test aircraft 35 miles outside of Edwards AFB, Calif., on March 25, 2009. The test pilot, David Cooley, a Lockheed Martin employee, was killed in the mishap. Cooley

  • Space Fence program awards contracts for concept development

    Last month's award of three $30-million concept development contracts for the Space Fence program will yield an outcropping of risk reduction activities -- alternative radar designs, architecture/trade studies and prototyping - all designed to improve the overall space surveillance network. "This is

  • Flight test shows small antenna can do big things

    During a flight test conducted earlier this summer, Electronic Systems Center and MIT Lincoln Laboratory personnel demonstrated the powerful capabilities of a small antenna. The seven-inch-high, 14-inch-wide antenna performed so well, in fact, that only one flight test was needed to determine its

  • Stimulus relief available for homeowners

    Help for homeowners is here. On February 17, 2009 the President signed the stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, enacted by Congress. ARRA includes significant provisions for military members who are facing financial pressures from home mortgages and the housing market

  • Wright-Patt employee to be highlighted on "Extreme Home Makeover"

    An Air Force civil servant living in Beavercreek, Ohio, will receive a complete home redo and be featured on ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" television program. James Terpenning is a civilian information technology specialist for the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson AFB. He's

  • New process to drastically change programmed maintenance

    On July 31, a C-130 Hercules will arrive at Robins and mark the beginning of what is expected to be a dramatic change in the way aircraft maintenance is done. The Air Mobility Command plane will be the first validation aircraft for High Velocity Maintenance, which means it will be used to test the

  • Heritage activities offer chance to volunteer

    Have some spare time on your hands? Want to give back to the Air Force community? The heritage activities in Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) are looking for volunteers to help support museum operations. In addition to the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB,

  • Air Force to host UAS Summit July 28-30

    The United States Air Force will host an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Summit July 28-30 at Scitor Corporation 2251 Corporate Park Drive, 3rd Floor, in Herndon, Va., in which members of the Air Force, Joint service partners and industry stakeholders will have an opportunity to discuss the Air Force's

  • Airmen collect 400 lbs of clothes for orphans

    Members of the 96th Air Base Wing donated more than 400 pounds of clothing in an effort to provide clothes to orphaned children in Grenada. More than 400 male and female shirts, 220 pants or shorts and 38 pairs of shoes left for Miami, Fla., July 10 on their way to Father Mallighan's Boys Home in

  • Tinker to refurbish F-22 air turbines

    Air turbines used in the F-22 Raptor are now being serviced by Tinker's 550th Commodities Maintenance Squadron as part of a new cooperative agreement that will see more than 30 components from the high-tech air superiority fighter undergo maintenance here. In a joint agreement between private

  • Disassembly project to provide data to F-15 maintainers

    In a small building in Byron, five people are working on a painstaking project that could significantly impact the future of the F-15 Eagle. The crew from S&K Technologies is completely disassembling an F-15D fighter jet. The purpose of the project is to give the Air Force a detailed look at how the

  • 'Conductive ink' solar panels capture sun power for soldiers

    Scientists at the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX), in a concerted effort with Plextronics, Inc., and the Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center, both located in Pittsburgh, Pa., have developed a ready-to-use, cost-reducing technology that