AFMC Command News

  • Air Force seeking athletes for warrior games

    The deadline for submitting applications to compete in the inaugural Warrior Games is Friday.Approximately 200 wounded active duty members and military veterans will compete in the Warrior Games May 10 to 14 in Colorado Springs, Colo., Defense Department officials announced Jan. 7. Air Force is

  • Monitoring water flow, an important part of environmental management

    Wright-Patterson's Environmental Management Division ensures water discharging from the base into local waterways remains within national discharge pollutant standards. Wright-Patterson AFB, along with the City of Dayton, is located over a sand gravel aquifer known as the Great Miami Buried Aquifer,

  • Freedom's Call Tattoo 2010 to feature .38 Special as musical guests

    A southern rock explosion by guest performer .38 Special will be among the highlights at this year's Freedom's Call Tattoo slated for June 25. Known for integrating arena and southern rock into its music, the band will perform in a free concert, part of the Air Force Materiel Command's sixth annual

  • ASC Receives VPP Star Status

    The Aeronautical Systems Center Command Section recently received Occupational Safety and Health Administration and 88th Air Base Wing Voluntary Protection Program office validation as a Star Worksite."Having the Star flag will show all employees that ASC Headquarters is serious about the health and

  • Faster and More Efficient Software for the Air Force

    Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are working to increase the efficiency of the software testing process across Air Force systems by addressing the issue of faulty software. A recent breakthrough in the work of lead researcher Dr. Myra Cohen and her team has resulted in an algorithm

  • Wright-Patterson opens CrossFit gym

    Wright-Patterson hosted a ribbon cutting for one of the first fitness centers in the Air Force specifically to support CrossFit training classes January 7.CrossFit is a strength and conditioning fitness methodology that capitalizes on the theory of muscle confusion, by performing constantly varied,

  • 500th ESC-managed airborne intel system hits the field

    The 950th Electronic Systems Group here recently delivered the 500th unit of an airborne intelligence system that enables aircrews to send and receive the most timely situational awareness and threat data.The system, called Combat Track II, has been in production since 2004. Over time it's become a

  • MC-12 arrives in Afghanistan

    The newest aircraft to the Air Force's inventory arrived Dec. 27, 2009, to Bagram Airfield. The MC-12 aircraft, tail number 090623, was the first of an undisclosed number of aircraft for the new 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron.Following the MC-12's arrival, the 4th Expeditionary

  • USAF Marathon registration opens New Year in big way

    If opening day registration is any indicator, this year's U.S. Air Force Marathon is going to be the biggest by far in the event's 14-year history.Marathon officials said special New Year's Day pricing attracted more than 1,000 registered runners for affiliated events. The U.S. Air Force Marathon is

  • Promotion ceremony welcomes new AFMC vice commander

    It was a family reunion when Air Force Materiel Command formally welcomed its new vice commander with a promotion ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 30, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.More than 20 family members of Lt. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger attended the ceremony at which the

  • USAF Marathon registration opens with special Jan.1 pricing

    If getting fit is part of your resolution for 2010, you can ring in the New Year by signing up for the United States Air Force Marathon.Online registration for the marathon opens Jan. 1 at 12:01 a.m. To encourage early sign ups, the USAF Marathon Office is offering special discounted registration

  • World's largest ground test center now on YouTube

    Arnold Engineering Development Center launched a YouTube channel Dec. 11 to showcase various systems tested at the center, including the F-35 and F-22 fighter jets and NASA Ares. The Department of Defense is using social media web sites like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook to communicate with the

  • Doctors perform groundbreaking surgery at Walter Reed

    Doctors from Walter Reed Army Medical Center here and the University of Miami collaborated to perform the first pancreas islet cell transplant Thanksgiving Day on an Airman whose pancreas was injured so severely in Afghanistan that it had to be removed.Senior Airman Tre Porfirio, a 21-year-old

  • Two brothers from Dayton taught the world to fly

    Aviation enthusiasts, Air Force officials and local government leaders gathered here Dec. 17 to remember how two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, changed the world.The brief ceremony, held adjacent to the Wright Brothers Memorial on base, recognized the 106th anniversary of the first powered flight at

  • Robins home to Southeast's first-of-its-kind solar technology

    Robins has consistently been a leader in testing alternative power technologies, but perhaps no other effort has been as visible to the general base populace then a recently installed solar panel.The gleaming panel, about the size of a drive-in movie screen, incorporates state-of-the-art technology