AFMC Command News

  • Tinker leaders reflect progress of armed forces integration

    July 26 marks the 60th anniversary of the integration of the U.S. Armed Forces. On that date in 1948, President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, declaring "that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion

  • Alternative energy project under way at Robins AFB

    The Defense Logistics Agency kicked off its fuel cell forklift pilot project here July 24 at the Defense Depot Warner Robins. It is part of an effort to find alternative energy sources and reduce America's growing dependence on energy imports. The DDWG, in collaboration with the DLA Research and

  • USAF Marathon registration fees to increase Aug. 1

    Runners looking to participate in this year's U.S. Air Force Marathon Sept. 20 are running out of time - time to register for one of the event's five races before prices increase on Aug. 1, that is."The USAF Marathon offers runners of all levels a chance to participate," said Molly Louden, marathon

  • Military working dogs receive protective desert gear from community

    Military working dogs getting ready for deployment from Wright-Patterson AFB have some new best friends. Starline Nunley, with help from the Gem City Dog Obedience Club in Dayton, Ohio, and other sponsors, is providing protective cooling vests, goggles and doggie booties to military working dogs

  • Officials conduct 'Road Show' for acquisition transformation

    The Installation Acquisition Transformation initiative, a comprehensive restructuring of continental U.S. installation acquisition practices, is moving forward as Air Force contracting officials continue traveling to affected bases to explain the changes ahead. Under the transformation, Air Force

  • Depot technicians begin using automatic test station

    The Versatile Depot Automatic Test Station, or VDATS, was put to the test here July 9 as it examined its first production asset in its career as an Air Force and Department of Defense Family of Testers member. Operators used VDATS to test a decoder assembly from the Pave Penny pod, which is a

  • System helps determine 'health' of Air Force aircraft

    Military aircraft must be safe, reliable, and ready at a moment's notice to fulfill their role. Unexpected maintenance, and even scheduled maintenance checks, can keep an aircraft out of service when needed most. That's where Integrated Systems Health Management, or ISHM, comes in. ISHM is a term

  • Satellite's instrumentation providing scintillation forecast data

    Whether it's static interrupting a radio station, or crackling noises interfering with a theater commander's attempt to contact a deployed unit, scintillation can cause communication chaos. Scintillation occasionally occurs when radio waves transiting an unstable ionosphere located 50 to 360 miles

  • Research into spinning electrons could enhance AF computers

    Scientists funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research have used a single photon technique to observe the evolution of individual electron spins in semiconductor nanostructures. Their work has already contributed to the new field of semiconductor spintronics - an emerging technology which

  • AFMC NCO one of 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    A noncommissioned officer from Air Force Materiel Command is one of the Air Force's top enlisted members. Air Force officials selected Tech. Sgt. Tammy Shaw as one of the service's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2008. Sergeant Shaw is assigned to the 88th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron

  • Air Force aids in search for missing Alzheimer's patient

    When efforts to locate an 83-year-old man with Alzheimer's who went missing from the Crystal Bay Senior Living community in Sandestin, Fla., July 3 carried into a second day, a call from the Walton County Sheriff's Department went out to Eglin AFB for 40 volunteers to help in the search. Nearly

  • Acting secretary shares his perspective with Airmen

    The U.S. Air Force core values of integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do will remain in place, said Acting Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley during a July 1 visit here. Mr. Donley carried this message to Airmen at Peterson AFB and also at Offutt AFB, Neb.,

  • Record-breaking crowd attends Freedom's Call Tattoo

    What made Air Force Materiel Command's fourth annual Freedom's Call Tattoo on June 27 so successful that it shattered its previous record of 60,000 in attendance? The list for what drew more than 75,000 people to this "thank you" event for the local community is long and distinguished: legendary

  • Air Force striving to enhance communications networks

    Through a joint effort two years in the making, the Air Force, Army and Navy are funding a Finnish research program that explores new approaches for improving telecommunications network management. The ultimate goal is to build on this basic research and create a cognitive network that will use