AFMC Command News

  • 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

  • AFPC, AFMC temporarily collaborate to staff civilian vacancies

    The Air Force Personnel Center and Air Force Materiel Command are partnering to reduce the number of Air Force civilian personnel actions currently in the system. Four AFMC bases will temporarily assume responsibility for all AFMC civilian fill actions. The large civilian centers at Hill AFB, Utah,

  • Air Force leaders want you ... to speak your mind

    Since 1988 when the Air Force began its biennial Community Assessment Survey, Air Force civilians haven't had much of a voice. With this year's survey, which begins April 28, it appears Air Force Materiel Command civilians will have a say in all future installments. The 2006 survey included AFMC

  • Military personnel take on Boston Marathon

    This year, 21,963 runners from around the world completed the Boston Marathon April 21. Twenty-eight of those runners were military members from the various branches of service, Air Force Academy cadets and civilians who boarded a bus here at 6:15 a.m. to take part in the nation's oldest marathon.

  • SuperBot research may offer information benefits to Air Force

    The goal of making robots learn from the environment seems intuitively simple but, in fact, it requires rigid investigation and mathematical calculations. Potential benefits to the Air Force are why the Air Force Office of Scientific Research is funding a study to improve SuperBot's prediction

  • General Hoffman to lead Air Force Materiel Command

    Department of Defense officials announced April 18 that Lt. Gen. Donald J. Hoffman, currently the military deputy in the office of the assistant Air Force secretary for acquisition at the Pentagon, will become the sixth commander of Air Force Materiel Command. President Bush has nominated General

  • AFSO21 helps medical group improve processes

    Ensuring patients receive the best possible care in the most timely manner is a priority for the 78th Medical Group at Robins AFB. The group's commander, Col. Jim McClain, said the concept of process improvement is an important part of the reason the group can efficiently and effectively accomplish

  • NASA turns to Air Force for 'Guppy' evaluation

    NASA brought its Super Guppy - a uniquely-designed aircraft used to transport cargo, including parts of the space shuttle program - to Tinker AFB in mid-April so that maintainers here could inspect the aircraft and perform some repairs. According to NASA Chief Flight Engineer Henry Taylor, officials

  • Logistics Readiness eliminates process, saves time, money

    The 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently implemented an Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, or AFSO21, initiative that eliminated a "no-value added" process. Historically, customers turned in office furniture to the base supply office which, in turn, turned in the furniture to the

  • Officials award $194.5 million contract for Human Performance Wing complex

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district office in Louisville, Ky., announced April 16 the construction contract award which will house the bulk of missions consolidating here as a result of Base Realignment and Closure 2005 decisions. A joint venture that includes Dayton, Ohio, contractor Butt

  • General Lanni makes first visit to Arnold AFB

    Air Force Materiel Command's Director of Air, Space and Information Operations, Brig. Gen. Joseph Lanni, visited the Arnold Engineering Development Center for the first time April 15. "I have met some great people," the general said. "The amount and quality of the people, infrastructure and the

  • Together, we can reduce obesity within AFMC

    I am sure most of you have already heard about recent emphasis being placed on reducing the obesity rate within the Command. However, I want you to hear this from me. Over 12% of our Air Force Materiel Command military members meet the clinical definition of obese. This is an issue we, as an Air