AFMC Command News

  • Tactical Satellite-3 to demonstrate rapid delivery of imagery

    Providing up-to-the-minute data to the in- theater commander can act as the tipping point to achieve success on the battlefield, and demonstrating that capability has been planned for the Tactical Satellite-3's upcoming, year-long mission. Serving as the spacecraft's primary payload, the Advanced

  • T-38 Talon turns 50 this month

    Fifty years and an old runway ago, a T-38 Talon flew over Edwards, marking the beginning of its career. From then on, the aircraft continued to add to its list of accomplishments, and on April 10, Team Edwards celebrated the T-38's first flight and its historical achievements. The T-38 is a

  • Moving beyond the F-22

    This op-ed piece appeared in the Washington Post on April 13, written by Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz. The debate over whether to continue production of the F-22 Raptor has been one of the most politically charged and controversial

  • ESC group helping Iraqis control, defend their airspace

    With a formal Request for Proposal due out next month, the 350th Electronic Systems Group's work to provide long-range radars to Ali Air Base, Iraq, moves closer to fruition - all part of a plan to bolster Iraq's air force with the capabilities needed to better defend the country's airspace.

  • AFMC maintenance group wins silver in Shingo Prize

    The 402nd Electronics Maintenance Group here has taken silver in the Shingo Prize, which has been dubbed the "Nobel Prize of Manufacturing." The 402nd EMXG employs 1,407 people who test and repair avionics on a wide array of military aircraft. The Shingo Prize is administered by the Utah State

  • AFMC announces, honors annual enlisted award winners

    A thunderous applause shattered the typically reverent silence at the National Museum of the United States Air Force April 9, as Air Force Materiel Command officials announced their top enlisted Airmen of 2008. More than 300 family members, friends, and wingmen gathered to show their support at the

  • AFMC will use new media to announce award winners

    Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs is venturing into the world of new media and for the first time will attempt to report the Annual AFMC Enlisted Awards live as names of Airmen selected are announced Thursday, 9 April, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. A Public Affairs

  • Air Force Research Laboratory prepared to meet VPP goal

    The results of the Gap Analysis confirmed what many already believed -- that the Air Force Research Laboratory has a firm foundation to meet the ultimate Voluntary Protection Program goal of driving down preventable mishaps to zero. The analysis, conducted in early April of AFRL directorates located

  • AFMC team works to improve communication between new fighters, bomber

    An airborne networking team here is working to connect low-observables aircraft such as the F-22, F-35 and B-2 with each other, and with the rest of the force. These aircraft rely on a number of technological advantages to defeat adversaries and accomplish their missions. Not the least of those

  • Air Force looks at bigger role for small business

    The Air Force is looking to support small businesses in a big way, two top service officials said during a visit here April 2. David Van Buren, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, and Ronald Poussard, director of Air Force Small Business Programs, said during a

  • AFRL begins VPP journey

    Building on an already strong culture of safety, the Air Force Research Laboratory began the process this week to incorporate the Voluntary Protection Program into all levels of the organization. Since its inception by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the early 1980s, VPP has

  • Aaron Tippin in concert: A Freedom's Call Tattoo 2009 must-see

    If you missed country music superstar Aaron Tippin's performance on March 28, you won't want to make the same mistake on June 26, when he plays at the Air Force Materiel Command's Freedom's Call Tattoo, on the grounds adjacent to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air

  • AFMC prepares to honor the top enlisted of 2008

    In the midst of a slowing economy, overseas contingency operations and fast-paced tempo of the military, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) will take time to recognize its top enlisted Airmen in the command's 2009 Annual Enlisted Awards Banquet. Every year since the formation of AFMC in 1992, the

  • C-17s invade Edwards sky

    The Global Reach Combined Test Force concluded a colossal mission of performing a formation test with six C-17 Globemaster IIIs March 14 and 17. As the newest, most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift fleet, the C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and cargo to main