AFMC Command News

  • Air Force closing logistics support unit

    Big changes are in store for the 654th Combat Logistics Support Squadron and its members. Air Force officials will inactivate the squadron July 2. Most squadron members will transfer to other Tinker AFB units or other Air Force bases, or they will retire. The 25 remaining members will regroup under

  • Speakers discuss aging aircraft at summit

    Air Force and civilian industry leaders spoke about convergence between industry and aerospace at the seventh annual Aerospace Summit and Expo June 23 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Maj. Gen. Loren M. Reno, the commander of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center here, did not mince words when talking about

  • Air Force, Boeing upgrade two C-130 cockpits

    The 418th Flight Test Squadron, together with the Boeing Company, currently are conducting communication, navigation, radar and air data testing on two C-130 Hercules aircraft here as part of the Avionics Modernization Program, or AMP. The AMP upgrade includes replacement of the aircraft's 1960s-era

  • Former ESC commander receives Order of the Sword

    The noncommissioned officers of Air Force Materiel Command inducted retired Lt. Gen. Charles L. Johnson II, former Electronic Systems Center commander, into the AFMC Order of the Sword during a June 20 ceremony here. During the ceremony, General Johnson praised the enlisted corps for the

  • Air Force augments primary care service at Wright-Patterson AFB

    Air Force officials are responding to a shortage of primary care providers at Wright-Patterson Medical Center here. The Air Force is providing manning and contracting assistance to the 88th Medical Group to help resolve temporary Family Practice Clinic staffing problems caused by vacancies and

  • Defense Logistics Agency assumes procurement mission at Tinker AFB

    Sixty-two Air Force employees will officially become part of the Defense Logistics Agency June 22. An activation ceremony marking the transfer took place at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center here June 18. The employees, mostly contracting officers from the Depot Level Reparable Support Branch,

  • Air Force General Counsel honors ethics program office

    Air Force Materiel Command's Ethics Program Office received the Air Force General Counsel's Excellence in Ethics Program Award for 2007 during a presentation ceremony June 11 at the General Counsel's Acquisition Conference in Dayton, Ohio. Mary Walker, Air Force General Counsel, presented the award

  • Secretary Wynne addresses cyberspace issues at symposium

    While the Air Force has made great strides in cyberspace during the last three years, it remains an arena that will require the continued efforts and innovation of all Airmen and warfighters, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne said to attendees at the Air Force Cyberspace Symposium II June 18.

  • Air Force-funded scientists earn DOD fellowships

    The Department of Defense has selected four Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded professors to be among the first class of six scientists with the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship program. The Defense Department launched the fellowship program last year to have

  • Defense Logistics Agency assumes procurement mission at Hill AFB

    A June 17 activation ceremony at the Hill Aerospace Museum marked the transfer of 43 Air Force employees to Defense Logistics Agency. The employees, mostly contracting officers from the 448th Supply Chain Management Group, procure depot-level reparable aviation parts for Ogden Air Logistics Center

  • 3-D imaging to help A-10 integrate latest weapons

    The A-10C Thunderbolt II is undergoing state-of-the-art 3-D measurement here through June 20 to help the close-air support aircraft carry the latest in smart weapons technology. The 46th Test Wing's Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office Computerized Physical Fit team is collecting approximately 100,000 3-D

  • Air Force recognizes Eglin's base library

    The base library here received the Air Force Library Program of the Year award June 12 as a result of efforts to meet the core Department of Defense library standards as well as Golden Eagle standards. With approximately 55,000 items logged in its inventory and 22 computers, the library serves as a

  • Hanscom AFB hosts coalition demonstration

    The Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration, an annual event sponsored by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and directed by U.S. Joint Forces Command, is under way here. The primary goal - at Hanscom and at CWID sites across the globe - is to better enable U.S. forces to perform

  • Air Force develops transparent transistors

    Air Force Research Laboratory scientists have demonstrated world-record performance of transparent transistors created from thin-film nanocrystalline zinc oxide which can function, undetected, on clear surfaces such as glass or plastic. Lead investigator Dr. Burhan Bayraktaroglu of AFRL's Sensors

  • Marathon registration figures on pace to shatter '07 record

    If current figures are an accurate predictor, the 2008 U.S. Air Force Marathon appears well on its way to shattering last year's registration record of more than 6,700 runners and could approach the 10,000 mark. As of June 13, the total number of runners registered for the 12th annual event stood at