AFMC Command News

  • Combat Hammer evaluates precision-guided munitions

    In a remote village west of Salt Lake City, a 2,000-pound EGBU-15 bomb slips suddenly through an open window of a 30-foot building with immaculate precision. Zero fatalities result from this TV-guided infrared intrusion that occurred May 13. The 'village' -- stacks of cargo containers positioned to

  • Robins NCO Academy prepares to close

    The Robins Air Force Base Noncommissioned Officers Academy officially closes May 20, one of several academies that have closed or are closing soon. The school started decreasing its staff a few months ago when the staff learned about the pending inactivation, said Chief Master Sgt. Roy Lapioli, the

  • Pulsed detonation engine flies into history

    The engine that naysayers thought could never propel an aircraft across the sky is now at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, where it will be displayed this summer and remembered for its 2008 history-making flight. The pulsed detonation engine, developed by a team from the Air Force Research

  • AEF Evolution -- Implementing a tempo-based force generation construct

    An improved Global Air and Space Expeditionary Force construct will soon use a tempo-based rule set, building on the current 20-month cycle of five 120-day AEF pairs. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley recently approved the implementation of this tempo-based Global AEF force generation

  • AF Marathon officials spread word about upcoming event

    Officials from the U.S. Air Force Marathon office made a stop at the Pentagon May 6 and 7 to increase awareness for the Sept. 20 event held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. This is the twelfth year for the annual marathon, and officials hope to make it the biggest year yet. "Our

  • Defense forum highlights need for scientists, engineers

    The Air Force and the United States forecast a serious shortage of scientists and engineers. That assessment was made by Joe Sciabica, executive director of the Air Force Research Laboratory, during a Regional Defense Forum here May 6. About 370 business and government leaders attended the event to

  • Workforce cuts drive shift in personnel services delivery

    Personnel Services Delivery and Program Budget Decision 720 are two key programs that continue to push significant transformation in the Air Force. One of the newest changes making its way here is a product of both the streamlined personnel processes and increased manpower cuts resulting from PSD

  • Hill environmental team earns DOD award

    A team of environmental specialists here has been named the best Environmental Quality Team in the Department of Defense. The 21-member group, part of the 75th Civil Engineer Group Environmental Division, includes biologists, an archaeologist, several engineers and other managers who oversee Hill

  • Hanscom unit applies 'gold standard' to contract

    When a joint team led by the Electronic Systems Center awarded the system development and demonstration contract for the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System this spring, the move triggered not a single protest. "It's one way we can tell we listened, learned, understood

  • E-mail spam on the rise, officials offer tips

    While theater goers are flocking to performances of Monty Python's musical comedy "Spamalot" as it tours across America, "a lot of spam" within e-mail inboxes is proving to be no laughing matter for Air Force and government employees. Spam is unsolicited and generally undesired bulk e-mail messages.

  • Leaning, transforming efforts at Tinker AFB paying off

    Leaning and transforming the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center here continues to reap benefits. Leaning and transforming is the second of five goals in the OC-ALC Strategic Plan designed to map the air logistics center's future successes. "Leaning and transforming the center is really transforming

  • AEDC begins testing fighter engine to use synthetic fuel

    Engineers at Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) began testing April 29 a Pratt &Whitney F100 engine, the power plant for the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon, with a blend of alternative synthetic fuel in the J-1 simulated altitude jet engine test cell. Once testing and evaluation is

  • Engineers save Air Force millions with F100 engine test plan

    Collaboration between the F100 engine program office at Tinker AFB, Okla., and test personnel at the Arnold Engineering Development Center along with engine manufacturer Pratt and Whitney has led to reduced test costs for component improvement verification testing at AEDC facilities. Cost savings of

  • Conference focuses on challenges facing acquisition workforce

    Air Force and industry leaders gathered here April 22-23 to chart a course to speed the development and delivery of a new crop of revolutionary weapon systems to joint warfighters. Nearly 500 government and industry professionals attended the Defense Acquisition University's DOD Acquisition Insight

  • AF, DOD leaders on tap for June Cyber Symposium

    The secretary of the Air Force and the vice chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will headline a list of high-level speakers scheduled to address the Air Force Cyberspace Symposium II set for June 17 to 19 at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center in Marlborough, Mass. Air Force Secretary