AFMC Command News

  • 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

  • AFMC member honored as one of Air Force's Top 12 Outstanding Airmen

    Air Force officials here July 2 selected the service's top enlisted members, naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2009.One of those winners is Tech Sgt Benjamin Horton from Hill AFB, Utah.  Sergeant Horton works in the 775th Civil Engineering Squadron and was deployed when he won the Air

  • Navy captain arrives as first JSF leadership at fighter wing

    With the arrival of the first senior staff member at the future wing for Joint Strike Fighter training, the vision of our nation's next generation flying fighting force starts to become a reality. Navy Capt. Mike Saunders arrived at Eglin a few weeks ago and has been soaking up all the knowledge he

  • Hanscom team works to upgrade airborne comm for top U.S. officials

    A Hanscom team is working to acquire a comprehensive system that will provide highly reliable, secure and integrated voice, data, and video equipment for airborne U.S. senior leaders. Those leaders include the vice president, secretary of defense, secretary of state, numerous senior military

  • Eglin captain wins AF-level award for leadership

    The Air Force recently recognized an Eglin Airman with the service's 2008 Lance P. Sijan Air Force Leadership Award. The Sijan award annually recognizes Airmen who demonstrate outstanding leadership abilities. Capt. Thomas Eckel, 366th Training Squadron Detachment 3 deputy commander, was selected as

  • Eglin commander named White House Fellow

    After an intense selection process and weeks of waiting, Lt. Col. Rob Lyman received word he has been chosen as a White House Fellow. As the commander of the 96th Communications Squadron, Colonel Lyman faces challenges each day, but the selection process for this prestigious award was especially

  • ESC, MITRE take hands-on approach to terminal management

    Electronic Systems Center and MITRE Corp. are taking a hands-on approach to managing a major satellite communications terminal program, especially now that they've purchased and set one up in their own backyard. More specifically, the team from the 653rd Electronic Systems Wing's Space and Nuclear

  • Brig. Gen. Busch assumes command of Ogden Air Logistics Center

    Maj. Gen. Kathleen D. Close relinquished command of the Ogden Air Logistics Center to Brig. Gen. Andrew E. Busch last week.Prior to relieving Close of her command of the OO-ALC, Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Don Hoffman highlighted the accomplishments Close experienced in her tenure.

  • AFGLSC taking the lead in transforming supply

    For more than a decade, Air Force supply chain leaders and their commercial industry peers have met with nearly identical objectives - finding ways to enhance the Air Force supply chain to improve support to the warfighter. Recently, the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center along with its

  • Federal funds to stimulate AFMC base infrastructure

    When President Barak Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the intent was to revitalize the economy across America, including the Florida Panhandle. Part of that act is $2.18 billion in funding for the Department of Defense Military Construction Program. More than $34.6