AFMC Command News

  • Air Force civilian earns award for plasma research

    The Plasma Science and Applications Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has selected an Air Force Office of Scientific Research program manager for the 2009 Plasma Science and Applications award. The committee chose Dr. Robert Barker for his "outstanding contributions

  • New tool assures aircraft material integrity, performance

    Air Force researchers working with industry have developed and effectively demonstrated a portable, nondestructive evaluation technology that measures in real time the electrical properties of specialty materials underneath the exterior coating of advanced military aircraft. The new technology,

  • Gen. Hoffman assumes leadership of AF Materiel Command

    Gen. Don Hoffman assumed the top position for the Air Force major command responsible for the technology, acquisition, test and sustainment of the service's current and future weapon systems during a ceremony here Nov. 21. General Hoffman took the reins of Air Force Materiel Command from Gen. Bruce

  • ESC executive director calls for speed with discipline

    In today's environment, where technology advances enable operators to act and decide quicker than ever, acquisition efforts should be as nimble as possible. The Electronic Systems Center's new executive director, Rich Lombardi, shared that message Nov. 19 during a luncheon sponsored by the

  • Retired Air Force officer contributes to service’s history

    Air Force Materiel Command's History Office was the recipient of historical plans Nov. 12 that date from 1949. The plans recommended the formation of the first Television and Broadcasting function in the Air Force. Retired Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Leonard Gumley presented the plans to Chief Master

  • Exercises test Edwards AFB's disaster response capability

    Loud cries emanated from a school auditorium on Nov. 13. Yells for help echoed inside the dark room. The building had collapsed and trapped more than 15 students and teachers after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake "shook" Southern California, including Edwards AFB. The simulated scenario was part of a

  • AF chief of staff observes testing during visit to Arnold AFB

    The chief of staff of the Air Force made his first visit to middle Tennessee and to Arnold Engineering Development Center here Nov. 17 to see and learn about developmental testing of current and future weapons systems. Gen. Norton Schwartz's inaugural tour of AEDC started off with a bang, literally,

  • Spread the Word team addresses workforce concerns

    The commander of the Air Force Personnel Center brought her Spread the Word briefing team here Nov. 12-14 to communicate personnel changes with diverse groups of customers. Maj. Gen. K. C. McClain is personally traveling with the team initially to each Air Force base with a major command

  • Research into flies' hearing could aid unmanned aerial vehicles

    A professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland is researching miniature acoustic sensors and sound localization techniques using the hearing mechanisms of flies as a model. Such research could benefit the Air Force by leading to the development of an artificial fly unmanned

  • A-10 successfully drops laser-guided bomb

    The A-10 Thunderbolt II, nicknamed the Warthog and known for its close-air support superiority and the ability to carry large and varied ordnance, is now on its way to delivering a new capability to the warfighter. A pilot from the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, with support from people

  • Command wellness survey online through Nov. 14

    There still is time for Air Force Materiel Command members to let command senior leadership know how their personal wellness is going. Log onto https://survey.afms.mil/WWS08/survey.htm to take AFMC's anonymous and voluntary wellness survey to give feedback about the four dimensions of wellness:

  • Eglin facility enhances dog handler training

    Training for Air Force Materiel Command military working dog handlers took a leap forward with the opening of a new kennel in November. The kennel belongs to the Ground Combat Training Squadron, a pre-deployment training course that opened here in 2002. The course, known as Brave Defender, was

  • Gen McCoy assumes command of AF Global Logistics Support Center

    Air Force Materiel Command installed a new commander for the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center Nov. 13 in ceremonies at Scott AFB, Ill. During those ceremonies Gen. Bruce Carlson, who leads AFMC, which is AFGLSC's parent unit, awarded command of the center to Maj. Gen. Gary T. McCoy. General