AFMC Command News

  • Tinker first sergeants develop program to help motorcyclists

    First sergeants here have formed a program entitled "Operation We Care" which allows them to identify motorcycle riders who may be at a higher risk of an accident. According to Master Sgt. Ronda White, whenever a first sergeant notices that a motorcycle has bad tires or that the paint of the

  • Integrated process team addresses logistics issues

    The consolidation of supply chain activities into the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center presented a fresh opportunity to address some systemic issues in how the Defense Logistics Agency supports the Air Force. Leaders representing both organizations received an update on these issues along

  • Senior leader assignments, retirement impact AFMC

    Two generals within Air Force Materiel Command are on the move, a third is retiring while a fourth general is inbound, according to a Dec. 12 senior leader announcement. Maj. Gen. David Eidsaune will become the Air, Space and Information Operations director at Headquarters AFMC, located at

  • Civilian voluntarily deploys to help Airmen

    For four years, Lisa Matney has worked at Robins AFB helping troops and their families prepare for deployment. Over the past two months, her professional experience has given her new perspective on her job. This time, Ms. Matney is the deployee. She is the first civilian from the Airman and Family

  • Buddy care training enables NCO to aid car accident victims

    After hearing the sound of a crash followed by a cloud of smoke and debris on Highway 14 in Lancaster, Calif., Dec. 7, an Airman from Edwards AFB rushed to the scene to help save the lives of two strangers. When Tech. Sgt. Rondale Alexander, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Air Force Flight

  • Take note: Air Force bands also are “in the fight”

    U.S. Air Force bands--like Air Force Materiel Command's Band of Flight located here -- perform thousands of concerts each year. A number of those performances are held for people in locations far away from this country as part of a relatively new "hearts and minds" campaign being led by military

  • Thermal curtains will offer protection to aircrews

    Engineers here are designing a product to protect Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircrews from a nuclear attack's blinding light. Designed by the 540th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron's B-52 Communications Navigation and Weapons Flight, prototypes for the "thermal curtains" will be ready sometime in

  • Safety first: Wright-Patterson earns Star award

    The Star award, which is the highest level of recognition under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Program, was presented to base officials here Dec. 9 as Wright-Patterson AFB became the first active-duty U.S. Air Force base to earn the award. Mandated in 2006

  • AF plan could enable Iraq air sovereignty, independence

    Work being done here by the Electronic Systems Center and its Federally Funded Research and Development Center partner MITRE Corp., is helping pave the way for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. ESC and MITRE International Operations specialists, in concert with a number of ESC acquisition

  • Eglin first stop for new commander

    Air Force Materiel Command's new leader is looking for fresh ideas and continuous improvement across the board, but he isn't planning drastic changes in conducting the command's mission. "Change of command is not change of course," said Gen. Don Hoffman, who took command of AFMC Nov. 21. "But we

  • Joint STARS' new engine program takes off

    America's eye in the sky, the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or Joint STARS, will soon be faster, quieter, more efficient and more operationally effective thanks to a major engine upgrade effort now under way. Col. Jim Lovell, 751st Electronic Systems Group commander, said

  • Researchers use gaming technology for interactive military training

    Blending commercial gaming technology with military-specific databases, researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing have demonstrated quicker, less expensive ways to develop the next generation of tools for interactive military training. The 711th HPW's Human

  • Space shuttle diverted, lands at Edwards AFB

    After a 15-day mission to the International Space Station, the space shuttle Endeavor and its crew of seven astronauts landed on runway 04-left  here at approximately 1:25 p.m. Pacific Standard Time Nov. 30 The shuttle was diverted to Edwards AFB, its alternate landing site, due to bad weather at

  • AFMC announces organizational excellence, outstanding unit awards

    Six Air Force Materiel Command agencies have earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award while another 13 earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, according to information released by AFMC's Manpower and Personnel Directorate Nov. 25. Officials will forward a certificate of achievement