AFMC Command News

  • AFMC commander visits Southwest Asia

    Gen. Donald Hoffman, Air Force Materiel Command commander, visited the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Feb. 9 as part of a multi-base tour of bases in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The trip is the general's first to the AOR since taking command of AFMC in November. "I'm here to

  • Corrosion office helps prolong life of aircraft

    The Air Force Corrosion Prevention and Control Office at Robins employs only 17 people, but its small staff plays a big role in keeping aircraft and ground equipment operating throughout the Air Force. The tenant office, which is a geographically separated unit of the Air Force Research Laboratory,

  • Personnel officials to test new civilian recruitment toolkit

    Often, finding the right person for the right job isn't an easy task. With a significant increase in new Air Force civilian hiring due to contractor conversions, joint basing and end strength growth, the need to market job opportunities also increases. To help bases better market civilian job

  • Student's AF-funded research helping solve complex problems

    A doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is designing Air Force Office of Scientific Research-supported computer models that can describe the pattern of complicated scenarios ranging from finding oil underground to pinpointing suspicious behaviors in urban settings.

  • Program office makes first FAB-T delivery this week

    This week, officials here provided the first of a new family of satellite communication terminals to the B-2 program office, making it easier to move large amounts of voice, data, imagery, and video to and from the platform. This iteration of the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals, or

  • Transformation team scores F100 engine savings

    In July 2008, Brian deFonteny, Black Belt Center Transformation Office project facilitation, enlisted Michelle Waggoner, 547th Propulsion Maintenance Squadron industrial engineering technician, and her team to determine why the 76th Propulsion Maintenance Group's F100 engine Fan Blade Shop lost

  • Eglin personnel provide security for U.S. presidents

    Eglin personnel worked behind the scenes to ensure the safety of the presidents during the week leading up to the Jan. 20 inauguration. Airmen from the 96th Security Forces Squadron and the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight got up close and personal with outgoing

  • AFMC establishes Information Protection office

    A new two-letter office is in place at Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command here, two months after the Air Force chief of staff directed its creation. The AFMC Information Protection office, which reports directly to the AFMC vice commander, is responsible for information, industrial, personnel

  • Air Force shares safety program with Army

    The Army's top Soldier in the Arkansas National Guard made a visit to Tinker AFB Jan. 16 to interface with officials at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center and learn about the Voluntary Protection Program and how it was implemented here. John Over, the OC-ALC executive director, outlined the

  • Security forces NCO earns Air Force recognition

    Ask him how he feels about winning the 2008 Col. Billy Jack Carter award and Master Sgt. Pete Way will squirm in an office chair, fidget with his hands and say he doesn't know what to say or how to describe it. But, by many accounts, the security installation superintendent for the 72nd Security

  • Kirtland officials commit to conserving energy

    Although oil prices have dropped in recent months, Kirtland AFB leaders are determined to eliminate wasteful energy use. In conjunction, Col. Michael Duvall, 377th Air Base Wing commander, Kim Davis, acting manager of the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration Sandia Site

  • DOD officials launch science-related online radio show

    Defense Department officials have launched "Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military," an online radio show. Armed with Science is a bi-monthly audio webcast, hosted on BlogTalkRadio.com that discusses cutting-edge scientific research and development sponsored by various

  • Aaron Tippin to guest star at Freedom's Call Tattoo 2009

    Country music superstar Aaron Tippin will take to the stage Friday, June 26, in a free concert that is part of the Air Force Materiel Command's fifth annual Freedom's Call Tattoo, held on the grounds behind the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force here. The military celebration, which also will

  • Museum opens exhibit dedicated to 'Warrior Airmen'

    A new exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Air Force now gives visitors a chance to see not only the service's past, but also its present and future. Called "Warrior Airmen," the new exhibit highlights how today's Airmen are contributing to the war on terrorism, both in the air and on

  • Malfunctioning component delays satellite launch

    Officials are delaying the launch of Tactical Satellite-3 - which was scheduled to occur later in January - until repairs to a spacecraft avionics component, critical to the system's operational capability, are complete. The Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate here administers