AFMC Command News

  • Exercises test Edwards AFB's disaster response capability

    Loud cries emanated from a school auditorium on Nov. 13. Yells for help echoed inside the dark room. The building had collapsed and trapped more than 15 students and teachers after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake "shook" Southern California, including Edwards AFB. The simulated scenario was part of a

  • AF chief of staff observes testing during visit to Arnold AFB

    The chief of staff of the Air Force made his first visit to middle Tennessee and to Arnold Engineering Development Center here Nov. 17 to see and learn about developmental testing of current and future weapons systems. Gen. Norton Schwartz's inaugural tour of AEDC started off with a bang, literally,

  • Spread the Word team addresses workforce concerns

    The commander of the Air Force Personnel Center brought her Spread the Word briefing team here Nov. 12-14 to communicate personnel changes with diverse groups of customers. Maj. Gen. K. C. McClain is personally traveling with the team initially to each Air Force base with a major command

  • Research into flies' hearing could aid unmanned aerial vehicles

    A professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland is researching miniature acoustic sensors and sound localization techniques using the hearing mechanisms of flies as a model. Such research could benefit the Air Force by leading to the development of an artificial fly unmanned

  • A-10 successfully drops laser-guided bomb

    The A-10 Thunderbolt II, nicknamed the Warthog and known for its close-air support superiority and the ability to carry large and varied ordnance, is now on its way to delivering a new capability to the warfighter. A pilot from the 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, with support from people

  • Command wellness survey online through Nov. 14

    There still is time for Air Force Materiel Command members to let command senior leadership know how their personal wellness is going. Log onto https://survey.afms.mil/WWS08/survey.htm to take AFMC's anonymous and voluntary wellness survey to give feedback about the four dimensions of wellness:

  • Eglin facility enhances dog handler training

    Training for Air Force Materiel Command military working dog handlers took a leap forward with the opening of a new kennel in November. The kennel belongs to the Ground Combat Training Squadron, a pre-deployment training course that opened here in 2002. The course, known as Brave Defender, was

  • Gen McCoy assumes command of AF Global Logistics Support Center

    Air Force Materiel Command installed a new commander for the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center Nov. 13 in ceremonies at Scott AFB, Ill. During those ceremonies Gen. Bruce Carlson, who leads AFMC, which is AFGLSC's parent unit, awarded command of the center to Maj. Gen. Gary T. McCoy. General

  • AF engineers test Army weapon to evaluate its capability

    An aerodynamic test conducted here on the Army's Mid-Range Munition has provided a new and critically needed performance evaluation capability for current and potential test customers. The purpose of the test - which took place in the Arnold Engineering Development Center's four-foot transonic wind

  • Technical issues, more tests delay Tactical Satellite-3’s liftoff

    The timeless saying every gray cloud has a silver lining aptly fits the Tactical Satellite-3 program during the past 60 days. Initially scheduled to launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Va., in October, TacSat-3's liftoff is now scheduled for January 2009 after the project

  • Air Force civilians deploy in support of war

    Thousands of Air Force civilians toil away for years and never get to see first-hand how their efforts contribute to fighting wars. That's no longer the case for Harry Smith, an engineer who's worked seven years here, along with John Lester, an equipment specialist with 25 years at Robins AFB. They

  • Air Force, Dayton VA team up to aid separating vets

    A new Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center/Department of Defense Transition Center opened here Oct. 30 as Air Force and local officials strive to streamline the transition process of separating and retiring military members from active duty to veteran status. Dayton VA Medical Center officials

  • Unstable sound waves research could prevent jet engine damage

    Air Force Office of Scientific Research-funded scientists are studying ways to avert a combustion instability problem that has destroyed liquid and solid rockets, military jet engines, missiles and gas turbines. The team, led by Dr. Ben Zinn, an aerospace engineering professor at Georgia Institute

  • AF Materiel Command’s top civilian outlines goals

    After one month on the job, Air Force Materiel Command's top civilian is working with the Pentagon and other agencies on establishing a clear civilian development model. It is one of several priorities for Dr. Steve Butler, a member of the Senior Executive Service and the Executive Director for