AFMC Command News

  • AF partners with Ohio hospital to ready nurses for deployment

    University Hospital Cincinnati and the Air Force inaugurated a new program in October to provide newly graduated registered nurses the advanced clinical training and experience needed to become Air Force Nurse Corps officers and to prepare them for deployment. University Hospital is the first

  • AF officials outline challenges, needs at logistics conference

    Approximately 1,200 logisticians heard first-hand at the national Logistics Officer Association conference about Air Force priorities, urgent warfighter needs and sustainment initiatives that will affect their profession. Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition Sue Payton and Gen. Bruce

  • F-35 environmental impact info available to public

    Air Force officials announced Oct. 17 that the final Environmental Impact Statement addressing the bed down of the Joint Strike Fighter and 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) is available for public review. The publication of the notice of availability in the Federal Register begins a 30-day public

  • Depot efforts continue to keep T-38s flying

    Members of the 573rd Commodities Maintenance Squadron here continue to put in long hours to make sure Air Force pilot training doesn't come to a halt. Many members of the squadron have been working 10-hour days, seven days a week to make a new aileron actuator lever for the T-38 Talon used to train

  • Air Force invests $12 million in research program

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research announced Oct. 17 it will award approximately $12.1 million in grants to 39 scientists and engineers who submitted winning research proposals through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program.The program is open to scientists and engineers at

  • Enhanced Use Lease project under way at Hill AFB

    Construction of the largest Enhanced Use Lease project in the history of the Department of the Air Force officially began Oct. 10 with a ground breaking ceremony held at the Hill Aerospace Museum. Local dignitaries Gov. Jon Huntsman, Sen. Orrin Hatch, Rep. Rob Bishop, state Sen. Sheldon Killpack,

  • Chief of staff emphasizes logisticians' role

    You don't have to sell Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz on the value of logistics. "Acquisition, engineering and wholesale logistics form the foundation of numerous Air Force capabilities ... Logistics professionals who perform these services are critical to everything the Air Force

  • Multi-skill crew delivers first C-17 ahead of schedule

    The C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane that sat in front of a maintenance hangar here looked no different from any other C-17, but the crew around it was unique. The crew, part of the 562nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is the first to be trained under a new "multi-skill" initiative. The aim is to

  • AFMC captures AF Marathon major command trophy

    Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered here, is the sophomore winner of the U.S. Air Force Marathon Major Command Challenge Commander's Trophy. The announcement was made Oct. 3 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz. General

  • AFMC civilians among Presidential Rank Award winners

    President George W. Bush announced recipients of the prestigious Presidential Rank Awards for 2008 on Oct. 6, and the list includes nine civilians currently or recently assigned to Air Force Materiel Command. There are two categories of rank awards: distinguished and meritorious. Award winners are

  • AFMC commander looks to future

    The top officer in Air Force Materiel Command visited Eglin AFB Oct. 8 to speak at the 34th National Defense Industrial Association Symposium. While visiting, Gen. Bruce Carlson took time to reflect on Team Eglin's contributions to the Global War on Terror. "Team Eglin is a critical part of the

  • Training courses help Airmen handle sports bikes

    The "coolness" factor of sport bikes is tied to their characteristics: sport bikes are sleek, colorful, and built for speed. For Airmen, many of whom are attracted to an adrenaline rush, these characteristics are huge selling points. However, these same features make riding sport bikes much

  • Artificial photosynthesis research could reduce energy needs

    Solar energy could be a powerful solution to the energy needs of the future for military and commercial entities. However, scientists point out the constant need for power, not just when the sun is shining. Funding support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research is enabling a Massachusetts

  • MIT research enhances high-speed computers

    Air Force-sponsored research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is accelerating the development of quantum, or high-speed, computers which help the Air Force with cryptoanalysis, or 'code-breaking,' microwave electronics and materials science. Chief researcher Dr. William Oliver of MIT's

  • Civilian receives meritorious service award

    A civilian assigned to the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate received the Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service award Sept. 2. Dr. Roland Dutton received the second highest honorary award provided to civilian employees by the Air Force in recognition of his