AFMC Command News

  • C-17s invade Edwards sky

    The Global Reach Combined Test Force concluded a colossal mission of performing a formation test with six C-17 Globemaster IIIs March 14 and 17. As the newest, most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift fleet, the C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and cargo to main

  • Launch date established for Tactical Satellite-3

    Let the countdown begin. Lift off for Tactical Satellite-3 has been scheduled for May 5, 2009, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Wallops Island Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. The program recently encountered challenges with some of the spacecraft's components, but the

  • Electronic Systems Center intel system gains warfighting role

    Whether fighting the flames of California wildfires or detecting floating threats off coasts, officials from the 950th Electronic System Group's key imagery collection system are transitioning victories from homeland defense into capabilities for warfighter use around the world. "We certainly love

  • Conference to bring together senior Air Force, Army acquisition leaders

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the Honorable Sue Payton, will be keynote speakers at the second annual Defense Department Acquisition Insight Days conference. The event will take place at the David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center

  • Deployed band members promote troop morale, diplomacy and community outreach

    Members from the Air Force Band of Flight here welcomed some of their own back to the states March 7 as members returned from a 60-day deployment to central and southwest Asia. Deployed Airmen arrived at Dayton International Airport and were greeted by a reception of family and friends. Band

  • Virtual weapons provide real training for security forces

    Security Forces personnel here are aiming to use "virtual bullets" to help Airmen hit the target on the first shot.The "bullets" are actually beams of light fired from a weapon that is identical in almost every way to those used in the field. The weapons - rifles, pistols or light machine guns --

  • AFMC commander praises Hanscom Center's team

    Saying that the equipment the Electronic Systems Center delivers to war fighters forms "the sinews of our entire military operation," the commander of Air Force Materiel Command lauded the center and all members of Team Hanscom during his two-day visit to the base March 10 and 11. "I applaud the

  • AFOSR-funded researchers work to improve GPS technology

    An Ohio State University research team has developed very efficient approaches vital to the success of global navigation satellite systems. Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded scientist, Dr. Inder J. Gupta, led the team and conducted both the theoretical and practical work that has

  • C-130s undergoing inspections

    An immediate action time compliance technical order was issued by Air Force Materiel Command here March 4 to inspect all C-130 aircraft due to potential cracking of wing-joint barrel nuts. The TCTO was ordered after a C-130H undergoing routine scheduled maintenance at Warner Robins Air Logistics

  • JDAM adds precision punch to Reaper

    The already lethal MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system will soon bring even more punch to the enemy in the form of the Joint Direct Attack Munition. The results of the series of GBU-38 JDAM test drops at the China Lake test range in California are still being evaluated, but they mark a significant

  • No margin for error at Bomber Egress shop

    Ask John Cordon about the mission of the 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Bomber Egress shop. Without hesitation, the shop's ordinance system supervisor will say, "We save lives" and "When all else fails, egress prevails," the unit's motto. Day after day, the unit maintains, replaces and

  • AFRL program saves nearly $300M in turbine engine repair

    Engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate are succeeding in reducing the operation and support costs associated with aircraft jet engine maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) under the Engine Rotor Life Extension program (ERLE). According to lead

  • C-STARS: Intensive medical training saves lives

    It's utter chaos: a child injured by a roadside bomb is wheeled into surgery, another woman with half of her face charred black comes flying in on a stretcher, and a small boy with his bone sticking through his pant leg comes hobbling into the room. Who do you treat first? Who can help out? What