AFMC Command News

  • 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

  • Freedom's Call Tattoo to honor five Korean War vets

    Five veterans of the Korean War -- retired Marine Sgt. Maj. James Snyder, Jack Perry, Bernie DeLong, Russell Harrod, and Sam Morgan -- will be honored for their service during this year's Freedom's Call Tattoo June 25 on the grounds of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. This sixth annual

  • Hanscom to again be crucial participant in annual interoperability demo

    The 653rd Electronic Systems Wing's Enterprise Integration Division is preparing for Hanscom AFB to once again become a key site for this year's Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration from June 14 to 24.CWID is a global, annual event directed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

  • Essay entry forms now available for annual club scholarship program

    Each year, Air Force Services gives away $25,000 in scholarship money for higher education. All eligible Air Force Club members and their families are encouraged to compete for the funds through a themed-essay entry.  Current club members and their immediate family members -- spouses, children and

  • Ground system adds more bandwidth to cluttered skies

    The installation of a first-of-its-kind aeronautical telemetry ground system here is making way for improved aircraft communication in skies already jumbled by frequencies from cell phones and satellite television.This technology, which expands communications capability between aircraft and

  • Mandatory courses smooth transition for AFMC NSPS personnel

    New online training courses are available to help smooth the upcoming transition of more than 15,000 current Air Force Materiel Command National Security Personnel System employees into the General Schedule Personnel System. Courses are required for all AFMC supervisors of NSPS employees, as