AFMC Command News

  • 500th ESC-managed airborne intel system hits the field

    The 950th Electronic Systems Group here recently delivered the 500th unit of an airborne intelligence system that enables aircrews to send and receive the most timely situational awareness and threat data.The system, called Combat Track II, has been in production since 2004. Over time it's become a

  • MC-12 arrives in Afghanistan

    The newest aircraft to the Air Force's inventory arrived Dec. 27, 2009, to Bagram Airfield. The MC-12 aircraft, tail number 090623, was the first of an undisclosed number of aircraft for the new 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron.Following the MC-12's arrival, the 4th Expeditionary

  • USAF Marathon registration opens New Year in big way

    If opening day registration is any indicator, this year's U.S. Air Force Marathon is going to be the biggest by far in the event's 14-year history.Marathon officials said special New Year's Day pricing attracted more than 1,000 registered runners for affiliated events. The U.S. Air Force Marathon is

  • Promotion ceremony welcomes new AFMC vice commander

    It was a family reunion when Air Force Materiel Command formally welcomed its new vice commander with a promotion ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 30, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.More than 20 family members of Lt. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger attended the ceremony at which the

  • USAF Marathon registration opens with special Jan.1 pricing

    If getting fit is part of your resolution for 2010, you can ring in the New Year by signing up for the United States Air Force Marathon.Online registration for the marathon opens Jan. 1 at 12:01 a.m. To encourage early sign ups, the USAF Marathon Office is offering special discounted registration

  • World's largest ground test center now on YouTube

    Arnold Engineering Development Center launched a YouTube channel Dec. 11 to showcase various systems tested at the center, including the F-35 and F-22 fighter jets and NASA Ares. The Department of Defense is using social media web sites like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook to communicate with the

  • Doctors perform groundbreaking surgery at Walter Reed

    Doctors from Walter Reed Army Medical Center here and the University of Miami collaborated to perform the first pancreas islet cell transplant Thanksgiving Day on an Airman whose pancreas was injured so severely in Afghanistan that it had to be removed.Senior Airman Tre Porfirio, a 21-year-old

  • Two brothers from Dayton taught the world to fly

    Aviation enthusiasts, Air Force officials and local government leaders gathered here Dec. 17 to remember how two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, changed the world.The brief ceremony, held adjacent to the Wright Brothers Memorial on base, recognized the 106th anniversary of the first powered flight at

  • Robins home to Southeast's first-of-its-kind solar technology

    Robins has consistently been a leader in testing alternative power technologies, but perhaps no other effort has been as visible to the general base populace then a recently installed solar panel.The gleaming panel, about the size of a drive-in movie screen, incorporates state-of-the-art technology

  • Joint STARS teams with AMARG to improve combat ID

    Members of an Electronic Systems Center team are using an aircraft identified for parts reclamation, or re-use, to reduce cost, save time and minimize risk. In 2008, the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System program office at the Electronic Systems Center received congressional funding to

  • ESC team looks at progress of net-centric path finders

    Electronic Systems Center officials got a better look at a half dozen promising technologies during a two-day, collaborative event Dec. 9 and 10.During the sessions, 653rd Electronic Systems Wing Enterprise Integration Division members and representatives from companies sponsoring the technologies

  • AFMC Freedom's Call Tattoo 2010 scheduled for June 25

    'Tis the season for most people to host or attend holiday parties; but, for officials, here, 'tis the season to be in the midst of planning for one of southwest Ohio's largest summer celebrations.The Air Force Materiel Command Freedom's Call Tattoo is Friday, June 25, 2010. Officials expect another

  • Environmental stewardship driving force behind new, unique parking lot

    Parking lots don't have to be vast expanses of water-shedding, heat-reflecting pavement. A new 22-vehicle parking lot at Robins AFB, Ga., incorporates two environmentally friendly concepts intended to reduce water runoff and protect waterways from the drain-off that can come from standard parking

  • C-27J JCA team shows off new training operations center

    A new cargo plane with short landing and takeoff capability promises to save the lives of warfighters by reducing the need for ground convoys in dangerous areas, and the pilots who will fly it will be trained here. On Wednesday, Dec. 9, officials from a broad coalition that includes Air Force, Army,