AFMC Command News

  • C-130s undergoing inspections

    An immediate action time compliance technical order was issued by Air Force Materiel Command here March 4 to inspect all C-130 aircraft due to potential cracking of wing-joint barrel nuts. The TCTO was ordered after a C-130H undergoing routine scheduled maintenance at Warner Robins Air Logistics

  • JDAM adds precision punch to Reaper

    The already lethal MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system will soon bring even more punch to the enemy in the form of the Joint Direct Attack Munition. The results of the series of GBU-38 JDAM test drops at the China Lake test range in California are still being evaluated, but they mark a significant

  • No margin for error at Bomber Egress shop

    Ask John Cordon about the mission of the 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Bomber Egress shop. Without hesitation, the shop's ordinance system supervisor will say, "We save lives" and "When all else fails, egress prevails," the unit's motto. Day after day, the unit maintains, replaces and

  • AFRL program saves nearly $300M in turbine engine repair

    Engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate are succeeding in reducing the operation and support costs associated with aircraft jet engine maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) under the Engine Rotor Life Extension program (ERLE). According to lead

  • C-STARS: Intensive medical training saves lives

    It's utter chaos: a child injured by a roadside bomb is wheeled into surgery, another woman with half of her face charred black comes flying in on a stretcher, and a small boy with his bone sticking through his pant leg comes hobbling into the room. Who do you treat first? Who can help out? What

  • ESC uses new acquisition steps to advance critical program

    An Electronic Systems Center team has completed one of the Air Force's first Materiel Development Decisions using the new DoD Instruction 5000.02 acquisition procedures approved by the Defense Department in December. The team, composed of 653rd Electronic Systems Group and Acquisition Excellence

  • Air Force, industry leaders honor Predator milestone

    Officials gathered beneath a Predator on display at the historic National Museum of the United States Air Force here Feb. 24 to commemorate a significant milestone in the development of the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system. The informal ceremony recognized a combat mission flown over Iraq on

  • Prepared to save a Wingman

    It was a Friday the 13th with a happy ending as co-workers from the 76th Maintenance Group used an Automated External Defibrillator to revive a heart attack victim at Tinker Air Force Base. The 23-year-old painter was atop a 20-foot-tall scissor lift with a co-worker, sanding the tail of an

  • 566th AMXS: A vital mission

    The 566th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron keeps at least seven types of aircraft airborne each day. The squadron, a part of the 76th Maintenance Wing, performs depot-level maintenance on the E-3 Sentry and the Navy's E-6 Mercury. It also performs corrosion prevention for the KC-135 Stratotanker, B-1

  • AFOSR Recognizes Talent in Three Top Young Researchers

    Although pursuing different focus areas of interest to the Air Force, three of this country's finest young researchers are each making a major impact on the frontiers of science and technology. Their work has also put them among an elite group of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and

  • Predator passes 500,000 flight hours

    Airmen of the 432d Air Expeditionary Wing made history Feb. 18, when an aircrew flew the MQ-1B Predator Unmanned Aircraft Systems in a combat mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility surpassing the 500,000 flight hour mark. Members of the 15th Reconnaissance Squadron flew the

  • Rapid acquisition, training team help secure Iraqi elections

    An Electronic Systems Center rapid acquisition project helped ensure recent Iraqi elections were conducted peaceably. ESC provided 600 all-weather, fully stabilized metal detectors that were used at polling venues across the nation. The center also provided three members of a four-person team that