AFMC Command News

  • Air Force Safety chief focuses on safety programs

    The Air Force's Spring Spike campaign, which runs from March 1 through May 22, is nearing its end and already safety officials are concerned with the increasing number of fatalities due to automotive and motorcycle accidents. As of May 13, the Air Force has lost 13 Airmen during the Spring Spike

  • As Freedom's Call Tattoo grows, so, too, does its technology exhibit

    For some people, their favorite part of Air Force Materiel Command's Freedom's Call Tattoo are the impressive aircraft. For others, it's great music. Still, others go for the dazzling fireworks. And, then, there are people who like to see technology. Which is why, when they visit displays in the

  • Air Force Knowledge Now turns 10

    Randy Adkins, Knowledge Management Center of Excellence director, clearly recalls the Friday afternoon when the idea of Knowledge Now was first raised. Members of the AFMC staff discussed the possibility of a "lessons-learned" database and sent the idea to Mr. Adkins, who had been working on

  • AFMC airman selected for triathlon team

    While growing up in Minnesota, Mitch Kieffer played a lot of the same sports that attract young men; football, basketball and rugby. The one activity he didn't enjoy was running which, at first glance, is odd considering his recent selection to the 2009 Air Force's Triathlon Team. Now, for the

  • 46th Test Wing integral part of Hubble repair

    May 13 is rendezvous time for the crew of the space shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope. But prior to reaching this point, months of preparation work was done for this mission and the 46th Test Wing played a vital role. Over the next week, astronauts will go on five spacewalks to repair

  • Airborne Laser Returns to Flight

    The YAL-1A Airborne Laser successfully returned to flight, last month, marking a program milestone that represents another step closer toward system demonstration. The ABL is a missile defense system mounted on a modified Boeing 747-400F and this was its first flight since August 2007. The program

  • General calls for new thinking on cyberspace

    The Air Force's top cyber official told a mostly industry-based audience here May 8 that the cyber arena is filled with new business opportunities, and some very hard challenges. "In an Air Force that is a lot of times focused on kinetic activity - read that as F-16s and 2,000-pound bombs - not at

  • Hanscom group works to meet Iraqi air traffic control needs

    An Electronic Systems Center group here is helping the Iraqi Air Force rebuild its military air traffic control capabilities through a comprehensive foreign military sales effort. The 853rd Electronic Systems Group began its efforts with an FMS case that began in January 2007. Through that case, the

  • AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo 2009: AT A GLANCE

    WHERE: National Museum of the U. S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OhioWHEN: Friday, June 26, 2009 ADMISSION: Free and open to public TIMELINE: 4:30 p.m. - Gates open 5 p.m. - Activities begin 8 p.m. - Program commences 9 p.m. - Aaron Tippin performs 10 p.m. - Fireworks FEATURED

  • AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo 2009 to showcase many new attractions

    There's a saying that there are no extraordinary people. Rather, there are ordinary people who are placed in extraordinary situations. The concept of that adage can be applied to Air Force Materiel Command's Freedom's Call Tattoo, whose singular additions this year are combining into an

  • NCO exchanges stripes for gold bars

    A technical sergeant from the 95th Medical Operations Squadron will be commissioned as a second lieutenant May 20 and move on to accept higher responsibilities in the U.S. Air Force. As he worked in the medical clinic one day in December 2008, a group consisting of Tech. Sgt. Jerry Thompson's

  • New system for tracking personnel gets workout soon

    As the Air Force gears up for its second test of the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System, Air Force Materiel Command leaders are reminding people to participate during the May 19-21 exercise. The new system is designed to improve the way the Air Force keeps track of its people.

  • AFMC general officers on the move

    Maj. Gen Thomas J. Owen has been nominated for his third star and an assignment as commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson. He will succeed Lt. Gen. John L. Hudson, who will retire. General Owen is the director of Logistics and Sustainment at Air Force Materiel Command

  • White House taps Robins for prestigious Circle Award

    Robins has won the 2009 White House Closing of the Circle Award for its efforts to promote environmental improvement efforts. Base officials were notified of the award Monday, said Mark Summers, chief of the compliance branch in the 78th Civil Engineering Group here. The award is in recognition of

  • TacSat-3 to provide operational backup and data dissemination

    Two of the Tactical Satellite-3's trio of payloads may be called secondary, but their importance to the success of the spacecraft's year-long mission is primary. Employing plug-and-play technology, the Space Avionics Experiment will provide backup downlink capability for TacSat-3's main experiment,