AFMC Command News

  • Edwards Airman first to fly F-35

    A pilot from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., became the first Air Force and government test pilot to fly the F-35 Lightning II during a test sortie at the Lockheed Martin facility Jan. 30 at Naval Air Station Fort Worth. Lt. Col. James Kromberg, the director of operations for the 461st Flight Test

  • Scientist demonstrates record speed for bendable electronics

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has provided research funding for fast, bendable electronics to attach to unevenly shaped objects like airplane bodies or engines. A research team led by Dr. Zhenqiang (Jack) Ma of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed super-flexible silicon

  • New arrangement allows Robins AFB access to state-owned hangars

    An agreement between the Air Force and the state of Georgia will provide more production space for the Warner Robins Air Logistic Center here. A memorandum of agreement was signed in mid-January by Maj. Gen. Tom Owen, WR-ALC commander, and Army Maj. Gen. William Nesbitt, state of Georgia adjutant

  • Air Force funds research into oil repellent surfaces

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is funding investigations into super oil repellent surfaces because of their potential utility in cleaning up jet fuel spills and protecting aircraft or rocket parts from fuel absorption. Drs. Gareth H. McKinley and Robert E. Cohen, professors of

  • Air Force develops friend versus foe identification system

    The Air Force Research Laboratory has developed a technology that helps identify friendly forces during combat exercises. Working with Lumitex Inc., AFRL's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate developed and fielded the Target Recognition Operator Notification, or TRON, system which has the

  • Brooks to serve as initial venue to test fit new AF service coat

    About 150 Air Force active duty members from Brooks City-Base along with Lackland and Randolph Air Force Bases in Texas, will participate in a fit test of the new Air Force Heritage service dress coat here Jan. 28 - Feb. 1. Subsequent fit tests in mid-February and March are slated for the Air Force

  • Maintenance unit completes upgrade of 100th A-10

    An upgraded A-10C, which took off in early January for Moody Air Force Base, Ga., represents another production milestone for the 571st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here. Aircraft 80-0172 is the 100th A-10 to go through the Precision Engagement Program, started in the 309th Aircraft Maintenance

  • Fifth CMSAF shares his thoughts with today's Airmen

    A person whose enlistment dates back to the Air Force's early days believes the service has created its own legacy through the performance and achievements of its people and units -- the fundamentals of its success then and now. Retired Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Robert Gaylor, the fifth to

  • Tennessee recognizes Air Force for recycling measures

    In recognition of significant waste diversions achieved from October 2006 through September 2007, the Arnold Engineering Development Center will receive the Government Recycler of the Year award Jan. 18 from the Tennessee Recycling Coalition. In her award notification to AEDC, Gail Randolph, chair

  • ESC team seeks to improve Latin American airspace management

    The U.S. Southern Command could begin conducting site selection surveys as early as February for a regional coordination center that would help synchronize airspace management among Latin American nations.Airspace management includes both civil air traffic control services and military air

  • Researchers use unique wind tunnel to determine impact of hypersonic speeds

    Funding provided by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research has resulted in the world's only quiet hypersonic wind tunnel, which researchers are now using to test the performance of vehicles traveling at hypersonic speeds, or approximately 4,000 mph. A team of researchers at Purdue University,

  • Air Force funds fiber laser research, considers applications

    Funding by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research is aiding a project that creates fiber-lasers as thin as a human hair.Dr. Jerome V. Moloney, director of the Arizona Center for Mathematical Sciences in Tucson, Ariz. is conducting the research. In the course of the AFOSR-sponsored program, his

  • Synthetic fuels certificate

    Tim Dues presents a plaque to Gen. Bruce Carlson to commemorate the Air Force's certification of Fischer-Tropsch fuel blends in the B-52H.

  • AFMC team wins 'hazardous' Air Force competition

    Undaunted by six realistic scenarios that tested their capabilities to respond to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warfare threats, the Air Force Material Command team of bioenvironmental engineering and emergency management professionals won the Air Force's 2nd annual Chemical,

  • Dorms provide shelter for Tinker families displaced by ice storm

    First sergeants and associate units here worked together to keep on-base families warm and in powered environments in the aftermath of a Dec. 10 ice storm. The mission -- providing emergency shelter for Tinker personnel and their families -- began that same evening when the 72nd Medical Group first